Cryptography - a nerdy passtime

My 11 year old son laughed at me yesterday when I asked him a math question. So to teach him not to laugh at his mommy, I'm giving him this Codeemoji to figure out encryption style. His hint - gimme a kiss.

https://mzl.la/2alg5LB

So if you have kids or feel up for a brainteaser yourself, check it out:

https://advocacy.mozilla.org/en-US/encrypt/codemoji/2

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