Use emojis for your passwords: Cyber security expert explains how it works better

Did you know that you can use emojis as one of the characters for your passwords? Yes, that’s true. Security expert, Stan Kaminsky at the cybersecurity giant Kaspersky suggests using emoticons to make all your cyber passwords stronger.

He told The Sun, "When intruders try to brute-force a password containing letters, numbers and punctuation marks, there are fewer than a hundred variations for each symbol they need to pick. But there are more than 3,600 standardized emojis in Unicode, so adding one to your password forces hackers to go through around 3,700 variants per symbol.”

Emojis are easier to remember and are not generally used by hackers when they forcefully try log into someone else's accounts.

However, Kaminsky warned that not all websites accept emojis as passwords and it may also slow down your log in process. So, he advised against using emojis that might potentially reveal your identity, particularly the frequently used ones, and advocated the inclusion of one or two emojis alongside a conventional alphanumeric password.

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