As reported by Mashable, the software lets you replace your old-fashioned pin number with a four-symbol passcode selected from 44 emoji that include penguins, aliens, and fried chicken drumsticks.

The company says this means there are 3,498,308 possible permutations for non-repeating emoji passcodes, compared to just 7,290 for traditional non-repeating PIN. Forcing people to use emoji ...

Banking app-maker Intelligent Environments has created a new type of passcode which uses emoji instead of a four-digit PIN to secure your account. A British company has built an emoji PIN security ...

British company Intelligent Environments wants to replace your traditional four-digit pin code with something more upbeat - an Emoji Passcode. The firm claims that the system is mathematically ...

A UK company claims to have invented the idea of using a set of emoji to replace a PIN number, suggesting that our stupid brains find it easier to remember the silly drawing people face things ...

As much fun as it might be to use see no evil monkey, flushed face, weary cat face and that weird emoji that looks like The Scream as a PIN, it may not be the best idea from a security standpoint.

As you can see with the taco emojis (below), the emoji pins don't have to cover the selected object -- they can move around it too. To pin an emoji in Snapchat, record a video, ideally one that ...