Advancements in information technology often task users with complex and consequential privacy and security decisions. A growing body of research has investigated individuals’ choices in the presence of privacy and information security tradeoffs, the decision-making...
We designed and tested attractors for computer security dialogs: user-interface modifications used to draw users’ attention to the most important information for making decisions. Some of these modifications were purely visual, while others temporarily inhibited...
This report presents the findings of a study which investigated the outcome of password strength and the behaviour; and sentiment of users subjected to four different password-composition policies.
Computer security warnings are intended to protect users and their computers. However, research suggests that users frequently ignore these warnings. The authors describe a study designed to gain insight into how users perceive and respond to computer alerts....
Text-based passwords are still the most commonly used authentication mechanism in information systems. We took advantage of a unique opportunity presented by a significant change in the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) computing services password policy that required...
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