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06-30-2016, 12:14 AM
Mozilla's new game uses emoji to teach you about encryption
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Your favorite emoji can **w have a secret meaning.*
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has created a new game that uses emoji to teach people about encryption.*
SEE ALSO: Bacon, avocado and selfie emoji are on the way (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/72-new-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The web-based tool, called Codemoji (https://learning.mozilla.org/codemoji/), allows you to send coded messages to friends using emoji. It uses emoji characters to create simple ciphers in order to illustrate the basics of encryption.*
Here's how it works: begin by writing a message you want your friends to decode, then pick an emoji that will serve as the key to decoding it. Codemoji then scrambles your message into a string of emoji characters, which you send to friends.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/mozilla-codemoji-encryption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Your favorite emoji can **w have a secret meaning.*
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has created a new game that uses emoji to teach people about encryption.*
SEE ALSO: Bacon, avocado and selfie emoji are on the way (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/72-new-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The web-based tool, called Codemoji (https://learning.mozilla.org/codemoji/), allows you to send coded messages to friends using emoji. It uses emoji characters to create simple ciphers in order to illustrate the basics of encryption.*
Here's how it works: begin by writing a message you want your friends to decode, then pick an emoji that will serve as the key to decoding it. Codemoji then scrambles your message into a string of emoji characters, which you send to friends.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/mozilla-codemoji-encryption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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