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Researchers propose stories for password retention Dec 8th 2013, 17:23, by Bob Brown, NetworkWorld Once upon a time some Carnegie Mellon University researchers came up with a scheme to use stories and pictures to help users live happily ever after by creating and remembering dozens of passwords and avoiding use of the exact same passwords for multiple sites. The trick, though, is that users need to repeat and practice those one-sentence stories a lot at the start so that the tales and related images stick in their heads. The photos serve as mnemonic devices to trigger memories of the stories and words that can be used to secure multiple online accounts. Jeremiah Blocki "If you can memorize nine stories, our system can generate distinct passwords for 126 accounts," says Jeremiah Blocki, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon's Computer Science Department, in a statement regarding these "naturally rehearsing passwords." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: password-100155577-small.jpg

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