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
    84·
    11 months 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
      51·
      11 months 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

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        That's not what security by obscurity means. And going by your definition, all passwords are security by obscurity.