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Insecure behaviors on mobile devices under stress

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One of the biggest challenges in mobile security is human behavior. The most secure password may be useless if it is sent as a text or in an email. The most secure network is only as secure as its most careless user. Thus, in the current project we sought to discover the conditions under which users of mobile devices were most likely to make security errors. This scaffolds a larger project where we will develop automatic ways of detecting such environments and eventually supporting users during these times to encourage safe mobile behaviors.

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  • (2016)Multitasking Increases Stress and Insecure Behavior on Mobile DevicesProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/154193121559116059:1(1110-1114)Online publication date: 20-Dec-2016

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HotSoS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 Symposium and Bootcamp on the Science of Security
April 2014
184 pages
ISBN:9781450329071
DOI:10.1145/2600176
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Published: 08 April 2014

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HotSoS '14: Symposium and Bootcamp on the Science of Security
April 8 - 9, 2014
North Carolina, Raleigh, USA

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HotSoS '14 Paper Acceptance Rate 12 of 21 submissions, 57%;
Overall Acceptance Rate 34 of 60 submissions, 57%

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  • (2016)Multitasking Increases Stress and Insecure Behavior on Mobile DevicesProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/154193121559116059:1(1110-1114)Online publication date: 20-Dec-2016

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