My little sister uses 'password' as her password and adds smileys to make it strong

She told me her trick for safe logins is writing 'password' with different emojis after it. I tried to say anyone could guess it, but she thinks the smiley faces are a secret lock. How do you make password rules fun for family without them tuning out?

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brian_smith62mo ago

That trick with the smileys is kinda sweet though.

anna3372mo ago

Sweet is a strong word for some pixels. Does it really matter that much?

seanjackson2mo ago

@anna337, your point about pixels not meaning much hits home for me sometimes. I see where you're coming from when you ask if it really matters. But for a lot of folks, those pixels stand for real time and care someone put in. A simple smiley can make a bad day better because it shows someone is listening. It's not about the pixels themselves but the human connection behind them. So yeah, to some people, it does matter more than we might think.