Do background images improve "draw a secret" graphical passwords?

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 36-47

  Dunphy, Paul ^a   Yan, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authentication; Draw a secret; Graphical passwords; Usable security

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND IMAGE; DRAW A SECRETS; GRAPHICAL PASSWORD; POSITIVE EFFECTS; TEXTUAL PASSWORDS; USABLE SECURITY; USER STUDY;

AUTHENTICATION; SECURITY OF DATA;

ELECTRONIC WARFARE;

EID: 69249127514     PISSN: 15437221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1315245.1315252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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