Earlier this year, Mozilla announced that it’s running a public education campaign and that its aim is to help the world understand that encryption matters, that it is essential and critical to the health of the web.

As part of this campaign Mozilla has released several thought-provoking videos, which you can check out here. Also as part of this campaign, Mozilla launched Codemoji, a fun educational game that lets you encrypt messages using emojis. The text you enter becomes a string of emojis that you can send to your friends, thus giving them a chance to decipher your message.

To get started with Codemoji, you must visit this webpage. The first time you visit it, a tutorial will explain how ciphers work and will show you how to use Codemoji’s ciphers to create emoji-encrypted messages.




Using Codemoji is a very simple 3-step process;

• Step 1 – enter the text you want to be encrypted.
• Step 2 – pick an emoji and watch your message get scrambled and turn from text to emoji.
• Step 3 – share your scrambled message with others via Facebook, Twitter, email, or by giving them a web link. When your friends click the link, they’ll get to decrypt your message (but only if they use the correct emoji).

Codemoji works fine on desktop browsers and mobile browsers as well. Here’s how easy it is to encrypt and share an encrypted message with Codemoji.




Help spread the word

Visit this page to learn more about Mozilla’s encryption education campaign, get involved, and sign Mozilla’s pledge to become an encryption champion and stand up for strong encryption.

"When more people understand how encryption works and why it’s important to them, more people can stand up for encryption when it matters most. This is crucial," explained Mark Surman, Mozilla’s Executive Director.