Emojis might be your next password. Here's why

People commonly use emojis to express moods, emotions and nuances in emails and text messages

Current News :  Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember emojis for example, or “2476”?

Smartphone users commonly use emojis to express moods, emotions and nuances in emails and text messages – and even communicate entire messages only with emojis. In 2015, a British company tried using emoji passcodes in place of PINs at bank ATMs. But there had been no formal study of how easy they were to use, or how secure they were in comparison to other methods, like PINs.

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To learn more, in the lab and in the real world, a team of researchers from the Technical University Berlin, Ulm University and University of Michigan, led by TU Berlin Ph.D. candidate Lydia Kraus, developed EmojiAuth, an emoji-based login system for Android smartphones. How well would users remember their emoji passcodes? Could they be more secure, too? And might they be more fun, adding a bit of enjoyment every time a user unlocked her phone? (read more...)

Demonetisation: Check out govt's 7-point strategy to contain currency crisis

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 said that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes would cease to be legal tender within a few hours of the announcement being made, the demonetisation move was lauded by some as a major assault on the flow of black money, fake currency and corruption. Even as most people rushed to get their existing currency notes exchanged, few could foretell the extent of cash crunch that would befall the common man in the days to come.

However, ever since banks and automated teller machines (ATMs) resumed exchange of old notes and withdrawal of new currency, the queues for these seem to only be growing. While some continue to laud the government for its initiative to cleanse the economy for the long-term good, many Indians have been facing immediate hardships for want of usable cash in hand.

1. Indelible ink
2. Turning to god
3. Jan Dhan accounts
4. No misuse of bank accounts
5. Task force
6. Ensuring supply of provisions
7. Crackdown on social-media rumours

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