Exploring the Use of Discrete Gestures for Authentication

Chong, Ming Ki and Marsden, Gary (2009) Exploring the Use of Discrete Gestures for Authentication, Proceedings of INTERACT 2009, 12th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction, August 26-28, 2009, Uppsala, Sweden, 205-213.

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Abstract

Research in user authentication has been a growing field in HCI. Previous studies have shown that peoples’ graphical memory can be used to increase password memorability. On the other hand, with the increasing number of devices with built-in motion sensors, kinesthetic memory (or muscle memory) can also be exploited for authentication. This paper presents a novel knowledge-based authentication scheme, called gesture password, which uses discrete gestures as password elements. The research presents a study of multiple password retention using PINs and gesture passwords. The study reports that although participants could use kinesthetic memory to remember gesture passwords, retention of PINs is far superior to retention of gesture passwords.

Item Type: Conference paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: User authentication, gesture passwords, discrete gestures
Subjects: Social and professional topics > Professional topics > Management of computing and information systems
Information systems
Alternate Locations: http://eprints.comp.lancs.ac.uk/2204/
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2009
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2019 15:34
URI: http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/526

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