It turns out that emoticons are considered a symbol, so they can beef up your passwords and make them more secure in combination with letters and numbers. Here’s how.
    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Or that “hi 😊 I’m Bob” doesn’t express a (subtly) different meaning to “hi, I’m Bob”

    • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.comEnglish
      34·
      2 years ago

      Well they have to be the same on different devices, like you log in to Lemmy on your PC and then on your phone. Also sometimes it seems the icons change, or there are new ones and maybe old ones are removed …

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          What if I am using a device that doesn’t support emojis? wouldn’t I need to learn the code for each emoji I have used in a password?

        • Droechai@lemm.eeEnglish
          33·
          2 years ago

          Just like a gun is standardized to a water gun for some and a real gun for others?

          Edit: I get your point, ita just if you memorize your password with emoji icons different icons would screw up your tries to log in