Creating a 'strong password' that meets the criteria can be frustrating - they likely must include at least one number, symbol or upper case letter.
Tech experts have shared a simple trick that helps create an iron-clad passcode because hackers must go through about 3,700 variants to unravel it - adding emojis to the mix.
There are more than 3,600 standardized emojis in Unicode, and using up to five is equivalent to a regular password of nine characters, or seven emojis are equal to a strong password of 13 'regular' characters.