Colour, usability and security: a case study
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- Ahmad El Ahmad
- Dr Jeff Yan
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| Author(s) | | El Ahmad AS, Yan J |
| Publication type | | Report |
| Series Title | | School of Computing Science Technical Report Series |
| Year | | 2010 |
| Date | | May 2010 |
| Report Number | | 1203 |
| Pages | | 14 |
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| The use of colour in user interfaces is extensive. It is typically a usability issue, and has rarely caused any security concerns. In this article, we show that the use of colours in the design of CAPTCHA, a standard security technology that has found widespread applications in commercial websites, can have interesting but critical implications on both security and usability. |
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| Institution | | School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Place Published | | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| URL | | http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/1203.pdf |
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