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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.
  • El Barto
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    3•2 years ago

    Thanks for the explanation. What’s diceware?

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

      It’s the concept of literally using a die to choose with randomness (humans are terrible at trying to be random); a link with details is in a previous comment.

      • El Barto
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        1•2 years ago

        Thanks.

    • @ammonium@lemmy.world
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      2•2 years ago

      https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html

      • El Barto
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        1•2 years ago

        Thanks.

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