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.
  • @djdadi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    Not 4 of them in a row. Keep in mind the attacker doesn’t know " look for exactly 4 words"

    • @Killing_Spark@feddit.deEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      That’s just security by obscurity. It’s one other strategy of choosing passwords that a bruteforce attack is going to try if it gets popular