mHealth & Passwords

165,000 mHealth Apps

But health info is highly private

Medication info is among the most private

Yet, 40-60% of people don't secure their phones

184 Free Canadian Medication Apps

184 Canadian Medication Apps

PIN
Graphical
Pattern
Fingerprint

82 Participants
Age 50+ (N=59)
Age 18-30y (N=23)

Success
Errors
Time
Usability

Participants

• 59% Female
• 68% Caucasian
• 80% University educated
• All had MoCA >25

Participants 50+

• Parkinson's
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Cardiovascular disease
• Fibromyalgia
• Osteoporosis
• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Participants 18-30

• Generally healthy
• Migraines
• Anemia

4-digit PIN

4-digit PIN

Pattern Lock

Pattern

Graphical

Graphical/Picture

Fingerprint

Fingerprint

Older adults needed more time than younger adults with all options (p

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Older participants thought FINGERPRINT was more time consuming & annoying

Older participants thought PIN was less tiring & time consuming

Younger participants though GRAPHICAL was more annoying, time consuming & tiring

We need more usability testing in target groups when developing security features for mobile devices and applications

The Team

• Hassan Khan
• Stephanie Ong
• Urs Hengartner
• Dan Vogel
• Sandy Logan
• Jilan Yang
• Robert Gebotys

Thanks to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's Office of Canada for funding the project.