• DocumentCode
    168973
  • Title

    A keyboard that manages your passwords in Android

  • Author

    Boukayoua, Faysal ; De Decker, Bart ; Naessens, Vincent

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    11-14 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    During the recent years, smartphones and tablets have become a fixture of daily life. They are used to run ever more tasks and services. Unfortunately, when it comes to password management, users are confronted with greater security and usability concerns than in the non-mobile world. This work presents a password manager for Android that can accommodate any app. Existing platform mechanisms are leveraged to better protect against malware and device theft, than current solutions. Our approach also provides significant usability improvements. No modifications are required to existing applications or to the mobile platform.
  • Keywords
    Android (operating system); invasive software; mobile computing; notebook computers; smart phones; Android passwords; malware; mobile platform; nonmobile world; password management; platform mechanisms; smartphones; tablets; Androids; Authentication; Humanoid robots; Keyboards; Mobile communication; Usability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Privacy and Security in Mobile Systems (PRISMS), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Aalborg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PRISMS.2014.6970592
  • Filename
    6970592