Two Studies on Password Memorability and Perception
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Creating and remembering strong passwords is essential to ensure overall system security. This paper presents two studies that evaluate acronym based passwords and system generated passwords in terms of memorability and user perception. Keywords—Password Security, Authentication, Human Factors
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