Children's Text Password Behaviors and Parental Advice

With increasing use of technology and the Internet among young children it is imperative to understand how they create passwords to protect their personal information, and also the parental advice they get to create these passwords. To understand this, we conducted two studies. The first study was conducted with children ages 11 to 13 to understand their password practices. The second study was conducted with parents to understand their own password behaviors and the strategies they teach their children to create secure passwords. The results of the studies indicated that children between ages 11 to 13 create simple passwords but believe that these passwords are hard for a stranger to guess. We also found that parents are concerned about their child's safety, but parents who are more aware of security-related cues are more likely to create secure passwords and teach their children to do the same.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Computer Science (M.C.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human-Computer Interaction

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Maqsood, Sumbal

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2018 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2018-12850

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/38768