PIN Scrambler: Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs

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Autoren

  • Daniel Kirkwood
  • Cagdas Tombul
  • Calum Firth
  • Finn Macdonald
  • Konstantinos Priftis
  • Florian Mathis
  • Mohamed Khamis
  • Karola Marky

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  • University of Glasgow
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksProceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Herausgeber/-innenTanja Doring, Susanne Boll, Ashley Colley, Augusto Esteves, Joao Guerreiro
Herausgeber (Verlag)Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Seiten83-88
Seitenumfang6
ISBN (elektronisch)9781450398213
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 29 Dez. 2022
Veranstaltung21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2022 - Lisbon, Portugal
Dauer: 27 Nov. 202230 Nov. 2022

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NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Abstract

Randomizing the layout of the keypad has been proposed to improve the security of PIN entry. However, there has been no empirical quantification of its impact on usability and security. We present the first usability (N=17) and security (N=24) evaluations to compare PIN entry with the standard vs randomized layout. Our results show that randomizing the layout increases resistance to shoulder surfing and thermal attacks significantly, and has a very minor impact on entry accuracy, but it increases entry time (from ≈ 1.4 seconds to ≈ 2 seconds). We discuss how this simple approach can improve security with little impact on usability.

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PIN Scrambler: Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs. / Kirkwood, Daniel; Tombul, Cagdas; Firth, Calum et al.
Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Hrsg. / Tanja Doring; Susanne Boll; Ashley Colley; Augusto Esteves; Joao Guerreiro. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. S. 83-88 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Kirkwood, D, Tombul, C, Firth, C, Macdonald, F, Priftis, K, Mathis, F, Khamis, M & Marky, K 2022, PIN Scrambler: Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs. in T Doring, S Boll, A Colley, A Esteves & J Guerreiro (Hrsg.), Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), S. 83-88, 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 27 Nov. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568444.3568450
Kirkwood, D., Tombul, C., Firth, C., Macdonald, F., Priftis, K., Mathis, F., Khamis, M., & Marky, K. (2022). PIN Scrambler: Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs. In T. Doring, S. Boll, A. Colley, A. Esteves, & J. Guerreiro (Hrsg.), Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (S. 83-88). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568444.3568450
Kirkwood D, Tombul C, Firth C, Macdonald F, Priftis K, Mathis F et al. PIN Scrambler: Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs. in Doring T, Boll S, Colley A, Esteves A, Guerreiro J, Hrsg., Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2022. S. 83-88. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3568444.3568450
Kirkwood, Daniel ; Tombul, Cagdas ; Firth, Calum et al. / PIN Scrambler : Assessing the Impact of Randomized Layouts on the Usability and Security of PINs. Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Hrsg. / Tanja Doring ; Susanne Boll ; Ashley Colley ; Augusto Esteves ; Joao Guerreiro. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. S. 83-88 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).
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