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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia |
| Editors | Tanja Doring, Susanne Boll, Ashley Colley, Augusto Esteves, Joao Guerreiro |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 83-88 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781450398213 |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Dec 2022 |
| Event | 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2022 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 27 Nov 2022 → 30 Nov 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
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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.
Keywords
- authentication, privacy, user-centered security
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
- Computer Science(all)
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
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Proceedings of MUM 2022, the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ed. / Tanja Doring; Susanne Boll; Ashley Colley; Augusto Esteves; Joao Guerreiro. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. p. 83-88 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).
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AU - Kirkwood, Daniel
AU - Tombul, Cagdas
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AU - Macdonald, Finn
AU - Priftis, Konstantinos
AU - Mathis, Florian
AU - Khamis, Mohamed
AU - Marky, Karola
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by a jointly funded PhD studentship from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, the EPSRC (EP/V008870/1), and the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity, which is also funded by the EPSRC (EP/S035362/1).
PY - 2022/12/29
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N2 - 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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