Gender bias in password managers
Yan, Jeff and McCabe, Dearbhla (2022) Gender bias in password managers. Other. arXiv.org, Ithaca, N.Y.. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.14136)
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Abstract
For the first time, we report gender bias in people's choice and use of password managers, through a semi-structured interview ($n=18$) and a questionnaire-based survey ($n=200$, conducted 'in the wild'). Not only do women and men prefer different types of password managers, but software features that women and men frequently use also differ. These differences are statistically significant. The factors that women and men consider the most important or influential in choosing their password managers differ, too. Choice of convenience and brand are on the top of the women's consideration, whereas security and the number of features top the list for men. This difference is statistically significant.
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Item type: Monograph(Other) ID code: 81448 Dates: DateEvent30 May 2022PublishedSubjects: Science > Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science Department: Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 13 Jul 2022 10:56 Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 01:54 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/81448