Emoji are becoming usable elements to form more secure passwords: it’s a revolution.
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Virtually any online service requires setting up a password to ensure the security of personal data entered.
Sequences of numbers, letters, or a combination of both: passwords accompany our daily activities, not without perplexities regarding their security and robustness.
They are forgotten, sometimes chosen carelessly, used for multiple services; passwords are a necessity that is sometimes taken too much for granted.
However, something could change starting today, as a British company has presented a new system for creating passwords, appealing to the very young and utilizing graphic elements that have become commonplace in our communication systems.
Intelligent Environments has indeed developed the system called “Emoji Passcode”: passwords can now also be created using emoji.
According to Intelligent Environments’ executives, the innovation has already generated significant interest from various banking groups.
Certainly, the possible combinations with emoji are far more numerous than using only digits from 0 to 9; it goes without saying that this drastically reduces the chances of someone guessing the correct password made of emoji.
This technology could begin to be applied to many IT systems within the next 12 months and could certainly be highly impactful and usable with simplicity and intuitiveness, especially for the specific target of younger users.
It is precisely those under 30 who are most accustomed to using these graphic symbols, which in recent years have enormously enriched non-verbal communications that quickly pass through smartphones and tablets.
We will certainly continue to follow the developments of this topic and the innovations that companies like Intelligent can bring to the security sector.
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