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PiXi: Password Inspiration by Exploring Information
Shengqian Wang, Amirali Salehi-Abari, Julie Thorpe
Passwords, a first line of defense against unauthorized access, must be secure and memorable. However, people often struggle to create secure passwords they can recall. To address…
Long Passphrases: Potentials and Limits
Christopher Bonk, Zach Parish, Julie Thorpe +1
Passphrases offer an alternative to traditional passwords which aim to be stronger and more memorable. However, users tend to choose short passphrases with predictable patterns tha…
A Study on Priming Methods for Graphical Passwords
Zach Parish, Amirali Salehi-Abari, Julie Thorpe
Recent work suggests that a type of nudge or priming technique called the presentation effect may potentially improve the security of PassPoints-style graphical passwords. These nu…
Password Guessers Under a Microscope: An In-Depth Analysis to Inform Deployments
Zach Parish, Connor Cushing, Shourya Aggarwal +2
Password guessers are instrumental for assessing the strength of passwords. Despite their diversity and abundance, little is known about how different guessers compare to each othe…