Title :
Password memorability and security: empirical results
Author :
Yan, Jeff ; Blackwell, Alan ; Anderson, Ross ; Grant, Alasdair
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Users rarely choose passwords that are both hard to guess and easy to remember. To determine how to help users choose good passwords, the authors performed a controlled trial of the effects of giving users different kinds of advice. Some of their results challenge the established wisdom.
Keywords :
security of data; password memorability; security; Computer security; Dictionaries; History; Privacy; Psychology; Usability; passwords; security; usability;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2004.81
