That password doesn't sound right

Otto Hans-Martin Lutz, Jacob Leon Kröger, Manuel Schneiderbauer, Jan Maria Kopankiewicz, Manfred Hauswirth, Thomas M. Hermann · 2020

Despite 2-factor authentication and other modern approaches, authentication by password is still the most commonly used method on the Internet. Unfortunately, as analyses show, many users still choose weak and easy-to-guess passwords. To alleviate the significant effects of this problem, systems often employ textual or graphical feedback to make the user aware of this problem, which often falls short on engaging the user and achieving the intended user reaction, i.e., choosing a stronger password.

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