摘要 |
A password creating device and method is provided. In this method, two keyboard layouts are employed. Each key location of each layout is mapped onto an information unit comprising a plurality of information elements. The information units are different from each other among a specific layout. The two keyboard layouts are displayed, and two series of key location selections based on the respective keyboard layouts are received to obtain two information unit sequences. The two series of information units are compared with each other in accordance with the order of occurrence of each information element, an information element shared by two corresponding information units associated with a same key location is taken as an information element selected by the user as part of his password, and a password is created by joining all of the shared information elements together in sequence. |