New scheme uses shared visual cues to help people remember multiple passwords
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 12:01
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —It turns out that the way to keep track of your many passwords to online accounts is the same as how to get to Carnegie Hall—practice, practice, practice. So researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a scheme that enables users to create 100 or more passwords by remembering—and regularly rehearsing—a small number of one-sentence stories.