Improving password security and memorability to protect personal and organizational information
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Now what was that password again? A more flexible way of identifying and authenticating our seniors
Behaviour & Information Technology - Designing Computer Systems for and with Older Users
Visual passwords: cure-all or snake-oil?
Communications of the ACM - Finding the Fun in Computer Science Education
Review: Computer use by older adults: A multi-disciplinary review
Computers in Human Behavior
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Accessing Internet accounts can provide convenient services to users, regardless of age. However, these online services typically require that users enter a username and password. Forgetting one's password, then, often results in the inconvenience of having to reset your password. Although there has been research on the memorability of passwords, this research often focuses on younger adults. Little research has taken older adults into consideration when designing password requirements. Older adults show cognitive decline in memory, which can make the task of remembering passwords especially difficult. However, older adults experience less difficulty in memory for familiar pictures, making the use of pictures an ideal candidate for cuing passwords. Participants in this study were asked to generate passwords for five different fictitious online accounts using a text-based or image-based mnemonic technique. Older adults were less likely to forget passwords that were generated using image-based mnemonic technique compared to the text-based one, implying that pictures can be used as cues for password recall for older adults.