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Design and Field Evaluation of PassSec: Raising and Sustaining Web Surfer Risk Awareness

AuthorVolkamer, Melanie; Renaud, Karen; Braun, Kristoffer; Canova, Gamze; Reinheimer, Benjamin
Date2015
TypeConference Proceedings
AbstractThis paper presents PassSec, a Firefox Add-on that raises user awareness about safe and unsafe password entry while they surf the web. PassSec comprises a two-stage approach: highlighting as the web page loads, then bringing up a just-in-time helpful dialog when the user demonstrates an intention to enter a password on an unsafe web page. PassSec was developed using a human-centered design approach. We performed a field study with 31 participants that showed that PassSec significantly reduces the number of logins on websites where password entry is unsafe. The final publication is available at link.springer.com
Isbn978-3-319-22845-7
SerieTrust and Trustworthy Computing
InInternational Conference on Trust and Trustworthy Computing (TRUST), p.104-121
PublisherSpringer
PartnTUD-CS-2015-0121
Urlhttps://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/104168