Change Password UI Study
Conventional wisdom seems to have concluded that
traditional passwords are inherently insecure. The
argument is usually that users choose bad passwords
and cannot be expected to remember strong
passwords. We feel that these conclusions are
premature and that this argument is flawed. At present
most password selection mechanisms are not designed
according to basic HCI principles and we believe that
this is highly responsible for the above conclusions. Our
current research is reexamining the problem of
password selection and memorability through the
exploration of password selection mechanisms with
novel interface designs. The goal of this research is
develop both principles and designs that help users to
choose passwords that are both memorable and secure.
To conduct the original study I implemented a homework submission system
in PHP. It is is online at
https://www.dropbox-online.com. Students used the
system like a normal system, with the Java applets above integrated for
password selection. At the end of the semester I got consent from stuents
to view their Password Quality Score data and tabulate results.
Papers
Change Password Applets
Control Applet
Progress Bar Applet
Smiley Applet
Warning Applet
Related Work
If you've done work related to password selection UI send me an e-mail
and I will link to it here!
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