--- title: Emoji Passcodes for Banking Launched by UK Firm description: UK firm Intelligent Environments wants to make an emoji passcode alternative for online banking canonical: https://time.com/3921319/emojis-passcodes-banking/ author: Olivia B. 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In a [press release](http://www.intelligentenvironments.com/info-centre/press-releases/now-you-can-log-into-your-bank-using-emoji-1), the company claims emoji passwords are “more secure” because there are more possible emoji permutations than 4-digit passcodes and because pictures are easier to remember than words. Experts told [_BBC News_](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33063344)that it could inspire hackers to ramp up their efforts to crack emoji codes, while others expressed concern that users who are not familiar with emojis would pick the first four images, making the passwords even more predictable — i.e. four [smiling poop emojis](http://time.com/3737583/poo-emoji-dress/) as _The Verge_ [jokes](http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/15/8780935/emoji-passcodes-passwords). ### Here Are the Funniest Error Pages on the Web  Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton  Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders  Rick Santorum Rick Santorum  Google Google  imgur imgur  Flickr Flickr  Spotify Spotify  Godaddy GoDaddy  Snapchat Snapchat  Vox Vox  Reddit Reddit  4chan 4chan  Mashable Mashable  Blizzard Blizzard  Someecards Someecards  Ask.com Ask.com  Healthcare.gov Healthcare.gov  Funny Or Die Funny or Die  GOP GOP  Democratic National Committee Democratic National Committee  Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton  The Week The Week  The New Yorker The New Yorker  Independent Journal Review Independent Journal Review  U-T San Diego U-T San Diego  Daily News New York Daily News  Huffington Post The Huffington Post  Lego LEGO  Huwshimi Huwshimi ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3921319/emojis-passcodes-banking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3921319/emojis-passcodes-banking/"},"headline":"You Can Now Use Emoji Passwords for Online Banking","datePublished":"2015-06-15T16:01:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:24.393Z","description":"It's a millenial dream","url":"https://time.com/3921319/emojis-passcodes-banking/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897c5ac704c64a31/69885487524fc03561df31cf/app-screens-perspective-mockup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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