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User Experience Evaluation in the Creation and Use of Graphical Passwords for Authentication in Mobile Devices

Authors:
Claudia de Andrade Tambascia
Ewerton Martins Menezes
Alexandre Melo Braga
Flavia de Melo Negrão

Keywords: User experience; graphical passwords; mobile authentication

Abstract:
This article aims at present the results of a user experience evaluation for the creation and use of graphical passwords on mobile devices as a way to improve usability and security aspects in authentication. The authentication method proposed was defined in a project called Multimodal Biometric and Graphical Authentication for Mobile Devices. These assessments were carried out with thirty users during a period of fifteen days using a prototype that offered a repertory of eighty icons divided into four categories. All users were able to remember their eight-icon password and claimed having a good use experience with this authentication method.

Pages: 94 to 100

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: October 21, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3468

ISBN: 978-1-61208-229-5

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 21, 2012 to October 26, 2012