Document Type
Article
Author ORCID Identifier
Rizu Paudel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3840-9015
Journal/Book Title/Conference
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc.
Publication Date
1-10-2025
Journal Article Version
Accepted Manuscript
First Page
1
Last Page
39
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Abstract
There is a dearth in existing literature to attain systematic understanding of leveraging digital storytelling in security designs. As we begin to address this gap, we focused on user authentication where the existing password composition policies and password meters often fail to help users around creating a strong and memorable password. To this end, we conducted a lab study with 19 participants, where we updated our initial designs in an iterative manner based on their feedback. We then conducted a between-subject online study with 104 participants over Amazon Mechanical Turk to evaluate our designs. We found that all of our designs received positive ratings from participants in terms of how they felt confident, and capable in password creation upon interacting with our design. Taken together, the findings from our studies unpacked users' perceptions and preferences in using storytelling around password creation, where we provide guideline for future research in these directions.
Recommended Citation
Paudel, R., & Al-Ameen, M. N. (2025). “It’s Definitely New and Different…It’s Really Engaging”: Understanding the Power of Storytelling Towards Secure Password Creation. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2444046
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. Paudel, R., & Al-Ameen, M. N. (2025). “It’s Definitely New and Different…It’s Really Engaging”: Understanding the Power of Storytelling Towards Secure Password Creation. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2444046 . It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.