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Persistence of Passwords in Bitwarden's Browser Extension: Unnecessary Retention and Solutions

Password-based authentication is still the dominant form of authentication on the web, yet users do not adopt password managers for fear of them being insecure, unreliable and other reasons. In this project we modify a password manager to try to …

Implementação Certificada da Componente Criptográfica do Gestor de Passwords KeePass

Formal Verification of Password Generation Algorithms used in Password Managers

Password managers are important tools that enable us to use stronger passwords, freeing us from the cognitive burden of remembering them. Despite this, there are still many users who do not fully trust password managers. In this work, we focus on a …

On Usable Security and Verified Password Managers

Password Managers (PMs) are useful tools to manage passwords but they are not widely used. Studies indicate usability problems and distrust from users as the reasons for the low adoption of PMs. As such, we propose extending an existing PM by …

SmartPasswords: Increasing Password Managers' Usability by Generating Compliant Passwords

Passwords are still the go-to method to provide efficient user authentication in web applications, despite research showing that users usually choose weak passwords and reuse them across different services. Security experts advocate the usage of …