After the renaissance of artificial intelligence driven by the many services offered by Microsoft Bing and many other companies in the technology sector, a new trend is now starting to emerge: HE boom number of emojis in passwords. More and more users are deciding to replace traditional credentials with passwords with emojis. But is it really something that is recommended?

The first thing we did after learning about this new trend was to do our own research by changing the Apple ID password on Mac to “🔐🔐😜😜”. Conclusion? We couldn’t log in because There was no way to enter emojis from the MacBook Pro’s home screenEven through your Touch Bar… Maybe passwords with emojis aren’t such a good idea.

New trend: Using emojis in passwords

History of emojis

Humanity has found a new benefit, which is a great idea to include in the history and evolution of emojis: Replace the excellent security provided by regular passwords through a new system that is not at all childish and unstable with letters, numbers and other characters… emojis.

After all, we are the species that popularized the use of passwords like “1234,” “hello,” or “password.” This shows that we are at the evolutionary peak of our species!

Is it recommended to use emojis in passwords?

Tim Cook in front of “virtual assistants” in the form of Memoji during WWDC 2021

Jokes aside, the truth is that it is not recommended to use emojis in your passwords. It is true that it may be a valid method in many services, but it is not valid in the majority. There aren’t many operating systems, computers and other devices that offer emoji support. Can you imagine trying to enter a password with emojis into the Netflix app on Apple TV? An impossible task.

This is true Emojis are much easier to remember It is better than traditional complex and labyrinth passwords. It is also true that they have a high level of security, because not many people think that you have emojis as passwords. But this has the opposite effect.

Perhaps in the future, all websites, services and electronic devices will offer support for entering emojis into passwords. But this future is not now. Then, It is not a very recommended practice to say the least.…So, do you already have your new password with emoji? 😉