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2005
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
A convenient method for securely managing passwords
Computer users are asked to generate, keep secret, and recall an increasing number of passwords for uses including host accounts, email servers, e-commerce sites, and online finan...
J. Alex Halderman, Brent Waters, Edward W. Felten
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
QUICKIES: the future of sticky notes
In this paper, we present `QUICKIES', an attempt to bring one of the most useful inventions of the 20th century into the digital age: the ubiquitous sticky notes. `QUICKIES&#...
Pranav Mistry
MOBISYS
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Wifi-reports: improving wireless network selection with collaboration
Wi-Fi clients can obtain much better performance at some commercial hotspots than at others. Unfortunately, there is currently no way for users to determine which hotspot access p...
Jeffrey Pang, Ben Greenstein, Michael Kaminsky, Da...
MOBISYS
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Leveraging smart phones to reduce mobility footprints
Mobility footprint refers to the size, weight, and energy demand of the hardware that must be carried by a mobile user to be effective at any time and place. The ideal of a zero m...
Stephen Smaldone, Benjamin Gilbert, Nilton Bila, L...
MOBISYS
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Predictive methods for improved vehicular WiFi access
With the proliferation of WiFi technology, many WiFi networks are accessible from vehicles on the road making vehicular WiFi access realistic. However, several challenges exist: l...
Pralhad Deshpande, Anand Kashyap, Chul Sung, Samir...