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@Salamendacious@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis

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Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis

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@Salamendacious@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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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.
  • @Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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    40•2 years ago

    You know there’s someone somewhere who would answer you with, “what’s a desktop?”

    • Zellith
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      16•2 years ago

      “what’s a computer?”

      • @Skies5394@lemmy.ml
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        9•2 years ago

        Listen here, you little shit

      • @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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        6•2 years ago

        Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

        “what’s a computer?”

        Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

        I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

      • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        2•2 years ago

        Dammit I’d forgotten that awful commercial. Angry upvote.

    • @mvirts@lemmy.world
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      4•2 years ago

      I’m still in denial 😅

    • @ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works
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      3•2 years ago

      I began feeling old when re**itors started calling their site an ‘app’

      • @Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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        1•2 years ago

        You can say Reddit it isn’t blasphemous

    • Zellith
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      deleted by creator

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