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Helping Users Create Better Passwords

Blase Ur, Patrick Gage Kelley, Saranga Komanduri, Joel Lee, Michael Maass, Michelle L. Mazurek, Timothy Passaro, Richard Shay, Timothy Vidas, Lujo Bauer, Nicolas Christin, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Serge Egelman, Julio Lopez

;login:, 37(6), December 2012

December 2012

Abstract

Over the past several years, we have researched how passwords are created, how they resist cracking, and how usable they are. In this article, we focus on recent work in which we tested various techniques that may encourage better password choices. What we found may surprise you.

Cite this paper
@inproceedings{ur2012helping,
  title     = {Helping Users Create Better Passwords},
  author    = {Ur, Blase and Kelley, Patrick Gage and Komanduri, Saranga and Lee, Joel and Maass, Michael and Mazurek, Michelle L. and Passaro, Timothy and Shay, Richard and Vidas, Timothy and Bauer, Lujo and Christin, Nicolas and Cranor, Lorrie Faith and Egelman, Serge and Lopez, Julio},
  year      = {2012},
  booktitle = {;login:, 37(6), December 2012},
  url       = {https://pgk.io/papers/2012-helping-users-create-better-passwords/},
}
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