Advancements in User Security: Enhancing Usability with Graphical Password Authentication

Text-based password authentication is a common method used to verify the identity of users who are trying to access a secure system or service. In order to use this authentication method, the user must input a password or other secret phrase that is then compared to a server-side copy of the same password. Access is given if the password typed matches the one saved. Graphical password authentication is a type of user authentication that involves using images or visual elements instead of alphanumeric characters to verify the identity of the user. Unlike traditional text-based passwords, graphical passwords offer an intuitive and user-friendly way of authentication, as they rely on the user's ability to remember pictures, shapes, and patterns. This technology has been developed to address the limitations of traditional text-based passwords, such as the difficulty of creating and remembering complex passwords, and the vulnerability to brute-force attacks. Compared to conventional text-based passwords, graphical password authentication has a number of benefits, including better usability and higher security.