A security researcher claims to have discovered a way to hide extra information inside emoji.

Paul Butler tests and demonstrates the flexibility of encoding hidden messages within Unicode characters, including emoji.

The concept revolves around Unicode's system of representing text as a sequence of codepoints, with each codepoint being a number assigned meaning by the Unicode Consortium.

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Using variation selectors, you can conceal messages of arbitrary length within emoji, or indeed any unicode character. "To be ...

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Butler said it is highly unlikely that anyone would be able to use this method to hide malware or malicious code in an emoji.

Since the launch of the emoji, the Eagles have made the playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons and now head into their third Super Bowl appearance.

"These symbols can signal inside ... which still needed approval from Unicode, a nonprofit consortium of developers and designers who actually approve emoji suggestions before they are sent ...

as part of the latest batch being released by the Unicode Consortium, which sets the international standard for character encoding. "This emoji is expected to become much more popular in the ...

Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Standard -- a universal character encoding standard -- is responsible for creating new emoji. Unicode proposed nine new emoji in November ...