"Add '!' at the End to Make It Secure": Observing Users' Desire for Control of Password Generation (Industry Report)


Authors:

Jeffrey Goldberg and Mitchell Cohen, 1Password

Abstract:

Some users appear to resist ceding full control of password generation to strong password generators. A substantial part of that resistance may arise from incorrect beliefs about what makes a password strong, but some resistance appears to also be tied to perceptions of what makes a password compatible with a site. Additionally, some people may simply find the loss of control unpleasant. This industry report does not report on any data collection beyond anecdotes of customer interaction and intuitions of our staff.

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BibTeX:
@inproceedings{goldberg-21-pw-generation,
    author = {Goldberg, Jeffrey and Cohen, Mitchell},
    title = {{``Add '!' at the End to Make It Secure'': Observing Users' Desire for Control of Password Generation (Industry Report)}},
    booktitle = {Who Are You?! Adventures in Authentication Workshop},
    year = {2021},
    series = {WAY~'21},
    pages = {1--3},
    address = {Virtual Conference},
    month = aug,
    publisher = {}
} % No publisher