Title
Free-Form Gesture Authentication in the Wild.
Abstract
Free-form gesture passwords have been introduced as an alternative mobile authentication method. Text passwords are not very suitable for mobile interaction, and methods such as PINs and grid patterns sacrifice security over usability. However, little is known about how free-form gestures perform in the wild. We present the first field study (N=91) of mobile authentication using free-form gestures, with text passwords as a baseline. Our study leveraged Experience Sampling Methodology to increase ecological validity while maintaining control of the experiment. We found that, with gesture passwords, participants generated new passwords and authenticated faster with comparable memorability while being more willing to retry. Our analysis of the gesture password dataset indicated biases in user-chosen distribution tending towards common shapes. Our findings provide useful insights towards understanding mobile device authentication and gesture-based authentication.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2858036.2858270
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
Mobile, authentication, free-form gesture, field study, ESM
Ecological validity,Authentication,Computer science,Gesture,Usability,Human–computer interaction,Mobile device,Password,Mobile interaction,Cognitive password
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-3362-7
10
0.48
References 
Authors
38
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yulong Yang1744.99
Gradeigh Clark2734.99
Janne Lindqvist368542.58
Antti Oulasvirta43131217.78