LONDON–A British company has added what it calls a “more secure” and fun alternative to the traditional four-digit PIN code: emojis!
Intelligent Environments, which provides banking software, said its Emoji Passcode service is more secure because there are more potential combinations of the 44 emojis than there are of the numbers 0-10, NDTV.com reported.
"Why can't financial services be fun and innovative?,” said David Webber, managing director of Intelligent Environments, according to NDTV.com. Webber added that the system was designed to appeal to 15 to 25-year-olds.
NDTV.com reported that Webber added that his company had not patented the idea, as he does not believe it is patentable. According to Webber, some digital banks have already expressed interest in the Emoji Passcode service.