UK company Intelligent Environments claims to have invented the idea of using a set of emoji passcodes to replace a PIN number, suggesting that our brains find it easier to remember the drawing rather than pin numbers, and that the increased complexity of the emoji character set makes brute-forcing into our bank accounts substantially harder, because they’re harder to hack and easier to remember.
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. David Webber MD at Intelligent Environments said: ,
Former memory champion Michael Tipper said:
“Memory expert Tony Buzan” said:
Although no banks, building societies or credit card companies have signed up to Intelligent Environments to use this new concept, they claim some digital banks have already expressed interest in the idea. I can’t help but think they must be looking into it, they would be foolish not to.
Source: Intelligent Environments via BBC Technology
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