Exploration and field study of a password manager using icon-based passwords

  • Authors:
  • Kemal Bicakci;Nart Bedin Atalay;Mustafa Yuceel;P. C. van Oorschot

  • Affiliations:
  • TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey;Selcuk University, Turkey;TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey;School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Canada

  • Venue:
  • FC'11 Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We carry out a hybrid lab and field study of a password manager program, and report on usability and security. Our study explores iPMAN, a browser-based password manager that in addition uses a graphical password scheme for the master password. We present our findings as a set of observations and insights expected to be of interest both to those exploring password managers, and graphical passwords.