Human memory has notable limitations (eg, forgetting) which have necessitated a variety of
memory aids (eg, calendars). As we grow closer to mass adoption of everyday Extended …

Reproducibility is crucial to the advancement of science; it strengthens confidence in
seemingly contradictory results and expands the boundaries of known discoveries …

User-generated textual passwords suffer from the conflict between security and usability.
System administrators usually adopt password composition policies to help users choose …

Honeywords are fictitious passwords inserted into databases in order to identify password
breaches. The major challenge is producing honeywords that are difficult to distinguish from …

Purpose Using authentication to secure data and accounts has grown to be a natural part of
computing. Even if several authentication methods are in existence, using passwords …

We conducted a literature survey on reproducibility and replicability of user surveys in
security research. For that purpose, we examined all papers published over the last five …

Passwords are the most common mechanism for authenticating users online. However,
studies have shown that users find it difficult to create and manage secure passwords. To …

Most online services continue their reliance on text-based passwords as the primary
authentication mechanism. With a growing number of these services and the limited …

The advent of end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and backup services has brought
new challenges for usable authentication. Compared to regular web services, the nature of …

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 …