Hi there,
on my iPad, I can set it up so that all apps (including free ones) are installed only after a fingerprint. Can I set this up on Android as well? I only found the option that purchases require fingerprint authorization. But I want any installation possible only after fingerprint authorization.
How can I adjust that?
Thanks!
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Hi,
I am thinking about using apps which can autologin to special services like skype or facebook. But I do not want to give others access to my accounts when my device is lost or stolen.
I searched for android apps which can force a password / pattern request when launching a specified app and found some. But how do they work? Do they encrypt the target application settings or do they just act as a fake-security layer before launching the app, allowing everyone to bypass it when extracting a nandroid backup for example?
Thanks for help
WongKit
I've been debating configuring my personal phone to access my employer's Exchange server; I would be checking it on occasion-- more of a convenience thing to know what's up before I head in for the day.
Using the default Android Mail client and choosing ActiveSync and doing the setup, I inevitably reach a screen with the following:
Activate security policies?
Exchange security policies
Your IT administrator requires that you activate these security policies in order to sync with your Exchange Server.
Activating this administrator will allow the application Mail to perform the following operations:
! Erase all data
Perform a factory reset, which deletes all of your data without any confirmation.
! Set password rules
Restrict the types of passwords that you are allowed to use.
! Monitor screen-unlock attempts
Monitor failed attempts to log into your device.
! Lock the screen
Control when your device locks, requiring that you re-enter your password.
! Device function limitation
Restrict some function on device like Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera etc.
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Needless to say, this is highly unappealing for my personal phone-- way too much power for the Mail application.
So my questions-- what are my options?
-would a different Exchange connectivity application like Touchdown request those same permissions for access?
-would I be better off setting up ActiveSync on an alternate ROM and booting into that when I want to check work mail (not as frequently as some other users)?
-How far does that remote wipe control extend? Could they wipe the entire phone, including bootloader? Or is it just reference to internal storage? Could they wipe the external SD card?
-is there a way to revoke those permissions from the Mail application while retaining the ability to connect to the Exchange server?
try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14577188
Thanks for that! I checked it out and unfortunately, HTC uses a different email program which is incompatible with rustamabd 's script. When there are daily driver AOSP ROMs avail for my phone, I'll try it out.
Hi Guys,
Imagine I want to create an app that will use biometrics from the mobile phone.
I want to use the sensor in the way it registers multiple records in my app. From functional perspective it's like the registry - you log in to app, you have "your team" and you need to register their fingerprints.
Is BiometricPrompt API capable of doing it? Or it only serves to authenticate one user that the device belongs to?
If the answer is not in my favour, do you have any other ideas?
Hey guys I am wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to choose a preferred method of authentication for logging into some apps? Like my bank app only shows the fingerprint method to login is there anyway to choose face unlock over fingerprint login?
Hello everyone,
I am looking forward on using the Face-Unlock feature to not have to manually write all my different 27 digit password for banking, keepass,...
How ever, I really wonder how all this works and how this is still secure. For example "KeePass":
- I have a Keepass database with a master password for the database
- No one except me knows what password and it isn't saved or written down anywhere else
- Currently I enter the password, KeePass will test if it is the correct input for decryption, and if so, it will decrypt.
This is the point where I would want to use Face-Unlock in the feature.
So does my KeePass database then have two password (1x master password and 1x my facial scan)?
Or will I will to tell "Android" my master password for all my apps and it will store it somewhere in Android and simply "pass it on" to KeePass if the Face-Unlock is verfied?
I am asking because I do not want any app or system or whatever to save my master password as this might cause security risks that no one can really evalute.
Also I wouldn't want to add a second unlocking feature to my KeePass databe (the facial scan). Because it might be less secure than my master password and there for weaken the encryption of my database?
Thanks in advance!