Lorrie Faith Cranor: What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?

The video discusses the challenges of creating secure yet usable passwords, highlighting research conducted at Carnegie Mellon University. It explores password policy changes, data collection methods, and the effectiveness of password meters and pass phrases. The study uses Amazon Mechanical Turk to gather data and analyzes real passwords from CMU. The video concludes with insights from a quilt project visualizing common passwords.

What recommendations were made for creating stronger passwords?

What are some characteristics of effective password meters according to the study?

What did the research reveal about the strength of passwords created by computer science students compared to business students?

What insights were gained from the quilt made from the most frequent passwords?