Uninformed: Informative Information for the Uninformed

Vol 7» 2007.May


Conclusion

MPFs can effectively mitigate many of the existing risks of complex password selection and management by users. However, their complexity and mnemonic properties must be managed very carefully in order to achieve a comfortable level of password security while also maintaining memorability. Users may reintroduce many of the problems MPFs intend to solve when they become too complex for users to easily remember.