password-manager-dashboards

Project logistics

  • Assign roles and responsibilities
  • Regulatory - IRB form submission
  • Funding for research (i.e. additional participants, recruiting fee, etc…)
    • 12 password managers
    • Each password managers with 20 participants
    • Survey length (~ 10 minutes)
    • Compensation per participant (USD$3)
    • Estimated project budget 3 x 1.4(fee) x 20 x 12 = US$1,008
  • Timeline
  • How long do we conduct this study?

Project Objectives

  • Quantitative evaluation of weak and reused passwords
  • Evaluation of weak and reused password methodology adopted by password managers
  • Qualitative evaluation of why doesn’t allow their password managers to automatically assign random passwords
  • Quantitative evaluation of habit on updating the passwords stored in their password managers.
  • How many survey participants to target? (N=?)
    • Example: 50 LastPass users vs 10 Stickypassword users
  • Research how to recruit higher-quality participants
    • Qualtrics
    • Prolific
  • Research published studies related to Password Manager User behavior