A company in the UK has developed a way for emoji to be used as
characters in passwords, reflecting its growing use as an online
language throughout the world. It sounds a bit crazy, and you would have to imagine that this is an
idea that will take a long time to manifest itself into widespread
adoption, but hey, the internet is full of crazy ideas.
This is all
coming from Intelligent Environments, which says its emoji PIN system
is ready to go right now. The small print explains the maths behind the
claim of enhanced security, calculating: “Traditional PIN = 7,290 unique
permutations of four non-repeating numbers vs Emoji Passcode =
3,498,308 million unique permutations of non-repeating emojis, based on a
selection size of 44 emoji.”
If that
doesn’t get you all hot for internet security matters, it quotes “Memory
expert Tony Buzan” as saying: “The Emoji Passcode plays to humans’
extraordinary ability to remember pictures, which is anchored in our
evolutionary history. We remember more information when it’s in
pictorial form, that’s why the Emoji Passcode is better than traditional
PINs.”
This does make some sense, and not just merely in a numerical sense. By
committing to emoji stories that only you know, rather than relying on a
phone number or date of birth that can be easily hacked.
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