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Are passfaces more usable than passwords? A field trial investigation

Brostoff, S; Sasse, MA; (2000) Are passfaces more usable than passwords? A field trial investigation. In: McDonald, S and Waern, Y and Cockton, G, (eds.) People and Computers XIV — Usability or Else! (pp. 405 - 424). Springer Verlag: London, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

The proliferation of technology requiring user authentication has increased the number of passwords which users have to remember, creating a significant usability problem. This paper reports a usability comparison between a new mechanism for user authentication Passfaces - and passwords, with 34 student participants in a 3-month held trial. Fewer login errors were made with Passfaces, even when periods between logins were long, On the computer facilities regularly chosen by participants to log in, Passfaces took a long time to execute. Participants consequently started their work later when using Passfaces than when using passwords, and logged into the system less often, The results emphasise the importance of evaluating the usability of security mechanisms in field trials.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Are passfaces more usable than passwords? A field trial investigation
Event: Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Topics (HCI 2000)
Location: SUNDERLAND UNIV, SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND
Dates: 2000-09
ISBN: 1-85233-318-9
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0515-2_27
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0515-2_27
Language: English
Additional information: TThis version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: task performance, evaluation, passwords, security, human memory, MEMORY, AUTHENTICATION, RECALL
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/19830
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