Collins Munyendo

2024

Security, Privacy, and Data-sharing Trade-offs When Moving to the United States: Insights from a Qualitative Study
Mindy Tran*, Collins W. Munyendo*, Harshini Sri Ramulu*, Rachel Gonzalez Rodriguez, Luisa Ball Schnell, Cora Sula, Lucy Simko, and Yasemin Acar
IEEE S&P 2024 [URL] [PDF]
*: co-first authors

It’s Trying Too Hard To Look Real: Deepfake Moderation Mistakes and Identity-Based Bias
Jaron Mink, Miranda Wei, Collins W. Munyendo, Kurt Hugenberg, Tadayoshi Kohno, Elissa M. Redmiles, and Gang Wang
CHI 2024 [PDF]

An Analysis of Password Managers' Password Checkup Tools
Adryana Hutchinson, Collins W. Munyendo, Peter Mayer, and Adam J. Aviv
CHI LBW 2024 [PDF]

2023

"I just stopped using one and started using the other": Motivations, Techniques, and Challenges When Switching Password Managers
Collins W. Munyendo, Peter Mayer, and Adam J. Aviv
CCS 2023 [URL] [PDF]

"Someone Definitely Used 0000": Strategies, Performance, and User Perception of Novice Smartphone-Unlock PIN-Guessers
Daniel V. Bailey, Collins W. Munyendo, Hunter A. Dyer, Miles Grant, Philipp Markert, and Adam J. Aviv
EuroUSEC 2023 [URL] [PDF]

"In Eighty Percent of the Cases, I Select the Password for Them": Security and Privacy Challenges, Advice, and Opportunities at Cybercafes in Kenya
Collins W. Munyendo, Yasemin Acar, and Adam J. Aviv
IEEE S&P 2023 [URL] [PDF] [Video]
Distinguished Paper Award

Security and Privacy Challenges and Concerns When Moving to the United States
Mindy Tran*, Harshini Sri Ramulu*, Collins W. Munyendo*, Rachel Gonzalez Rodriguez, Luisa Ball Schnell, Cora Sula, Joseph Ogren, Karim Alami, Lucy Simko, Anna Lena Rotthaler, and Yasemin Acar
CHI'23 Workshop on Migration, Security & Privacy [URL]
*: co-first authors

2022

User Perceptions of Five-Word Passwords
Xiaoyuan Wu, Collins W. Munyendo, Eddie Cosic, Genevieve A. Flynn, Olivia Legault, and Adam J. Aviv
ACSAC 2022 [URL] [PDF] [Slides]

"The Same PIN, Just Longer": On the (In)Security of Upgrading PINs from 4 to 6 digits
Collins W. Munyendo, Philipp Markert, Alexandra Nisenoff, Miles Grant, Elena Korkes, Blase Ur, and Adam J. Aviv
USENIX Security 2022 [URL] [PDF] [Video] [Slides]

Why Users (Don’t) Use Password Managers at a Large Educational Institution
Peter Mayer, Collins W. Munyendo, Michelle L. Mazurek, and Adam J. Aviv
USENIX Security 2022 [URL] [PDF] [Video] [Slides]

"Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures": User Concerns with Mobile Loan Apps in Kenya
Collins W. Munyendo, Yasemin Acar, and Adam J. Aviv
IEEE S&P 2022 [URL] [PDF] [Video]

2021

Strategies and Perceived Risks of Sending Sensitive Documents
Noel Warford, Collins W. Munyendo, Ashna Mediratta, Adam J. Aviv, and Michelle L. Mazurek
USENIX Security 2021 [URL] [PDF] [Video] [Slides]

Using a Blocklist to Improve the Security of User Selection of Android Patterns
Collins W. Munyendo, Miles Grant, Philipp Markert, Timothy J. Forman, and Adam J. Aviv
SOUPS 2021 [URL] [PDF] [Video] [Slides]