Android user here - there are two things that I feel could be improved around the Fingerprint lock:
1) Timeout for the lock - I used YNAB so sometimes switch between YNAB and Monzo whilst I am logging transactions. It gets a bit cumbersome to keep having to unlock Monzo with the fingerprint, even though I may only have been away from the app for around 10-20 seconds. It would be nice to have the option to set a period of time where the app stays unlocked before requesting a fingerprint again.
2) Backup unlock method - Sometimes I find that the fingerprint sensor on my phone doesnāt work too good if Iāve just have had a shower. I encountered an issue this morning where I wanted to check my account but it took 5-6 attempts. A backup unlock option like some sort of PIN or password would be useful.
Same thing after having a bath, washing your kids hair, washing the car, washing up the plates and dishes, going swimming, having a jacuzzi, anything when your hands get wet. Fingertips change when very damp due to changing surface area. I could bore you with all the science behind but that seems logical.
Agree there needs to be backup entry to the app if the fingerprint scanner fails.
Could a pin option be enabled on the unlock screen, e.g. the lock screen would have the fingerprint option as default but include a button which would then allow unlock with pin.
If you get ahold of someoneās phone you can leave malware (as easy as opening a malicious APK from the web browser) on it and enjoy full remote access later on anyway.
I wish we would stop giving people false senses of security with in-app PINs and fingerprints and what not. If you give your unlocked device to a malicious person itās game over, end of story.
Well yes, but thereās little point in having a fingerprint lock if it can be bypassed by a single button press
Might as well remove it, or simply use the feature thatās been in the OS forever.
Iām all in favour of removing all of this stuff but that takes education which isnāt going to happen in a hurry. Iām the first to say ātreat your phone like your car keysā.
Not necessarily.
I use AppLock Pro, which I have set up as a Device Admin app, and it runs as a background service.
I have it set up to lock all apps, even ones I install now will be locked automatically.
Unknown sources are disabled, and it asks you to go to settings allow unknown sources - which is fingerprint/pin-protected. Its either a 10-digit pin, or my fingerprint. And you canāt just uninstall it, since the app is set up as a Device Admin app, so this must first be authorised by removing it as a Device Admin.
Now, Iām not under the illusion that my phone is safe from the sophisticated attackers - but Iāll at least make their lives a misery before they get in
Hmm probably not.
Iāve never tried - my phone didnāt come with a cable to connect to my laptop - just USB-C to USB-C (which I use t charge my phone). Will probably have to try that one when I get the time to look through my cables - there surely is a USB-C to USB connector somewhere, theyāre so common nowadays.
Thatās disabled by default though - just checked my settings.
Yeah, but unless your solution prevents enabling it, a local attacker can just enable USB debugging in settings, connect it to a malicious device and drop the APK from there.
Well, settings itself is protected with a pin via AppLock, so unless they know my pin or the app is vulnerable, they wonāt / shouldnāt (you never know for sure when it comes to cyber security, I guess) be able to gain access to that area.
