A pilot study of multiple password interference between text and map-based passwords

Weizhi Meng, Wenjuan Li, Wang Hao Lee, Lijun Jiang, Jianying Zhou

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Abstract

Today’s computer users have to remember several passwords for each of their accounts. It is easily noticed that people may have difficulty in remembering multiple passwords, which result in a weak password selection. Previous studies have shown that recall success rates are not statistically dissimilar between textual passwords and graphical passwords. With the advent of map-based graphical passwords, this paper focuses on multiple password interference and presents a pilot study consisting of 60 participants to study the recall of multiple passwords between text passwords and map-based passwords under various account scenarios. Each participant has to create six distinct passwords for different account scenarios. It is found that participants in the mapbased graphical password scheme could perform better than the textual password scheme in both short-term (one-hour session) and long term (after two weeks) password memorability tests (i.e., they made higher success rates). Our effort attempts to complement existing studies and stimulate more research on this issue.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Cryptography and Network Security - 15th International Conference, ACNS 2017, Proceedings
EditorsDieter Gollmann, Atsuko Miyaji, Hiroaki Kikuchi
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages145-162
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783319612034
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2017 - Kanazawa, Japan
Duration: 10 Jul 201712 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10355 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKanazawa
Period10/07/1712/07/17

Keywords

  • Graphical passwords
  • HCI
  • Multiple password interference
  • Usable security
  • User authentication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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