ENC '04 Proceedings of the Fifth Mexican International Conference in Computer Science
Communicating intimacy one bit at a time
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Password sharing: implications for security design based on social practice
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The true cost of unusable password policies: password use in the wild
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Encountering stronger password requirements: user attitudes and behaviors
Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security
In the balance in Saudi Arabia: security, privacy and trust
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Account sharing in the context of networked hospitality exchange
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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This paper contributes to the growing body of literature on privacy and security by looking at self-reported password sharing practices. 62 men and 60 women recruited through a combination of snowball sampling and small ads answered a series of open-ended questions about their password sharing strategies. One third of respondants shared their personal email password, and a quarter shared their Facebook password, both primarily with partners and close friends. Approximately 20% of people who had work email passwords reported sharing them with colleagues. These results support understanding password sharing not as a deviant practice to be stamped out, but rather a nuanced practice engaged in with thought and care.