[tor-dev] Hash Visualizations to Protect Against Onion Phishing

George Kadianakis desnacked at riseup.net
Thu Aug 20 14:02:24 UTC 2015


Jacek Wielemborek <d33tah at gmail.com> writes:

> W dniu 20.08.2015 o 15:49, George Kadianakis pisze:
>>   Some real UX research needs to be done here, before we decide something terrible.
>
> Just curious, has anybody seen any cognitive studies on the SSH
> randomart visualisation? I always found them impossible to remember.
> Perhaps adding a bit more color could help...
>

Hm. Indeed.

I can remember the general shape and edges of my SSH server's key, but not any
details.

I doubt I would remember the randomart of like 10 onion websites, especially if
I didn't visit them regularly. But maybe I would remember the randomart of my
webmail better than my SSH server's.




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