SOUPS 2023 - Dissecting Nudges in Password Managers: Simple Defaults are Powerful

SOUPS 2023 - Dissecting Nudges in Password Managers: Simple Defaults are Powerful

Samira Zibaei, Amirali Salehi-Abari, and Julie Thorpe, Ontario Tech University

Password managers offer a feature to randomly generate a new password for the user. Despite improving account security, randomly generated passwords (RGPs) are underutilized. Many password managers employ nudges to encourage users to select a randomly generated password, but the most effective nudge design is unclear. Recent work has suggested that Safari's built-in password manager nudge might be …

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