DEATH TO PASSWORDS
LONG LIVE SECURITY
Tim Messerschmidt / @SeraAndroiD
Mobile Tech Con, Munich ‘14
DO YOU BELIEVE
IN SECURITY?
DO YOU BELIEVE
IN SECURITY?
A STORY ABOUT
PASSWORDS
WIKI.SCULLSECURITY.ORG/PASSWORDS
4.7% OF USERS USE THE
PASSWORD PASSWORD
8.5% ARE USING
PASSWORD OR 123456
9.8% USE PASSWORD
123456 OR 12345678
... And it doesn’t even stop here
14% have a password from the top 10 passwords
40% have a password from the top 100 passwords
79% have a password from the top 500 passwords
91% have a password from the top 1000 passwords
2013
CBSNEWS.COM/NEWS/THE-25-MOST-COMMON-
PASSWORDS-OF-2013/
1.  123456 up 1
2.  Password down 1
3.  12345678
4.  Qwerty up 1
5.  Abc123 down 1
6.  123456789 New
7.  111111 up 2
8.  1234567 up 5
9.  Iloveyou up 2
10.  Adobe123 new
11.  123123 up 5
12.  Admin new
13.  1234567890 new
14.  Letmein down 7
15.  Photoshop new
16.  1234 new
17.  Monkey down 11
18.  Shadow
19.  Sunshine down 5
20.  12345 new
My learnings from this trend
- People HATE monkeys
- People are more depressed
- Adobe is very popular
3 Password Problems
- Reused
- Phished
- Keylogged
abstrusegoose.com/296	
  
abstrusegoose.com/262	
  
xkcd.com/936	
  
Favor security too much over
the experience and you’ll make
the website a pain to use.
Basic Authentication
username:password
Storing Passwords
SQLCipher & KeyChain
SO WHAT?
People forget passwords…
45% admit to leaving a website instead of re-
setting their password or answering security
questions *
* Blue Inc. 2011
Also they hate to register
	
  
Out of 657 surveyed users 66% think that
social sign-in is a desirable alternative. *
* Blue Inc. 2011
SO WHAT CAN WE DO
INSTEAD?
TWO FACTOR AUTH
TWOFACTORAUTH.ORG
Authentication vs.
Authorization
OAUTH 1.0
Request	
  
Request	
  Token	
  
Grant	
  
Request	
  Token	
  
Direct	
  User	
  to	
  Service	
   Obtain	
  AuthorizaDon	
  
Direct	
  to	
  Consumer	
  
Request	
  
Access	
  Token	
  
Grant	
  
Access	
  Token	
  
Access	
  
Resources	
  
Consumer Service Provider
OAUTH 1.0A
Android: Signpost <3	
  
github.com/mttkay/signpost
iOS: TDOAuth
github.com/tweetdeck/TDOAuth
OAUTH 2.0
Direct	
  User	
  to	
  Service	
   Obtain	
  AuthorizaDon	
  
Request	
  
Access	
  Token	
  
Grant	
  
Access	
  Token	
  
Direct	
  to	
  Consumer	
  
Access	
  
Resources	
  /	
  Profile	
  
Consumer Service Provider
URL url = new URL(”http://url.com/”);!
HttpURLConnection urlConnection =!
!(HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();!
!
!
setRequestProperty(”Authorization”, ”Bearer …”);!
HTTP Header
“url.com/oauth?access_token=…”!
URI parameter
Android
Scribe
github.com/fernandezpablo85/scribe
PostmanLib
github.com/fedepaol/PostmanLib--Rings-Twice--
Android
iOS
AFOAuth2Client
github.com/AFNetworking/AFOAuth2Client
LROAuth2Client
github.com/lukeredpath/LROAuth2Client
OAuth 2.0 and the
Road to Hell
hueniverse.com/2012/07/oauth-2-0-and-the-road-to-hell
Identity Techniques
- OpenID
- OpenID Connect
- Persona
Identity Providers
Social vs. Concrete
Name
Email
Date of Birth
Locale
Time Zone
Address
Gender
Language
Phone Number
Creation Date
What’s Next?
Bluetooth Smart and Co.
Security
matters to users and developers
Difference
authentication and authorization
User Experience
should be enhanced not impaired
Questions?
tmesserschmidt@paypal.com
@SeraAndroid
slideshare.com/paypal

Death To Passwords