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I am new to Android. Just got my Vibrant. I want to protect this phone so that in case it is lost or stolen I can recover it. Could you tell me what are some of the best apps for this?
Here is a list of names I know about for now:
Where's My Droid - This is currently installed, but required me to send a text to my phone to activate the GPS and even then it won't keep the GPS active long enough to get a precise location. Furthermore, it can alert the would be robber.
Glympse - well, this is not for stolen phones
Wavesecure - couldn't find any good threads on this. Seems to have an annual subscription fee of $19. I don't want that. Just want a standalone tracker.
Remote security - Not clear that this is a good app.
TheftAlarm - Again, developed in foreign language and I don't know how good it is
MobileDefense - Maybe this is the best app, but it is still in beta and no more users are accepted. I already filled out a request.
Find My Android - Was suggested in this thread, but it doesn't seem to be different from Where's My Droid, except the notification when SIM is replaced.
Lookout Mobile Security - Doesn't seem bad, but it doesn't lock your phone remotely. Can easily uninstall the program. I also found out that I better use a different email address than the one my phone gets otherwise the phone gets an email with "location" of the phone when you look it up online. This is better than Where's My Droid since you can do it more discreetly online, without sending texts (but have to make sure the email you use is not managed by the phone).
Am I missing something? I really want to protect this phone and it is frustrating that among so many apps, we seem to be missing good anti-theft solutions. Preferably I want something that can lock the phone remotely and allow me to do things without interruptions from the thief or at least discreetly. What would you recommend?
Also, I have a rooted (stock) Vibrant.
Thanks.
Where's My Droid isn't exactly very subtle about sending out replies, the author basically said there's nothing he can do.
Most of the other options include AntiVirus and other nonsense, and are expensive or questionable.
Tasker can automatically upload GPS, respond to an email or SMS to do so.. If you send it the right command it could take pictures periodically, make an outgoing call, whatever... It's extremely flexible in what it can do.
khaytsus said:
Where's My Droid isn't exactly very subtle about sending out replies, the author basically said there's nothing he can do.
Most of the other options include AntiVirus and other nonsense, and are expensive or questionable.
Tasker can automatically upload GPS, respond to an email or SMS to do so.. If you send it the right command it could take pictures periodically, make an outgoing call, whatever... It's extremely flexible in what it can do.
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WOW! Ok, but the question is - 1.can it lock the phone remotely? 2.What happens if the thief uninstalls Tracker or changes the SIM (can you password protect it)? Finally, 3.can it take picture AND email them remotely? Otherwise, I don't see much use to this feature if the phone is gone.
Lookout seems rather good, but I have not tested it personally. I'd add a link, but I'm a new user. Should be easy to find with a Google/Market search, though.
Well that (un installing tasker)may be the case with any tech anti theft, if the thief is smart and careful they will wipe/reset/format whatever they took, rendering a soft lo jack useless
I would just get tasker and lookup findmyandroid on lifehacker, its the best current option
Captiv
Yeah, I found out about LookOut on Android forums. I have installed it. It doesn't allow you to lock the phone remotely and can easily be uninstalled.
As for Find My Android, I don't see how is it different from Where's My Droid., maybe except the part where you're notified if the SIM card is replaced.
I updated the original post.
Find my android isn't the name of the app, its what the lifehacker post is tagged as (#findmyandroid)
The program is tasker, and its more customizable and it can turn on gps
Captiv
Sure, Lookout can be uninstalled, as can any other app. But really, you should have some sort of password on your device. With pattern unlock, there's really no reason not to do so.
According to one of the devs on their forums, remote locking as well as "other features" will be coming to Lookout "very soon".
https://lookout.zendesk.com/entries/24881-remote-lock
In the meanwhile, I use WaveSecure for locking my phone and Lookout for tracking, as its mechanism seems much better.
If you want to prevent Lookout from being uninstalled, just move the apk to /system/app (assuming your phone is rooted).
I have had Wave Secure since the Beta (it is free to beta testers) and love it. I can understand not wanting to pay, but it really is a great app. They have a zip file that you can flash in recovery if you are rooted. That will prevent the app from being erased if the phone is factory reset. I have also been using an app lately called "Tasker". It can track your phone, although I have not used it for this. Here is a link to the Wiki.
http://tasker.wikidot.com/locatephone
GPS Tracker by Instamapper is the one I use most. With a text message, it will return its location via Google maps. It will continually do so for as long as you have it set up for. Every 10 Seconds, Every 2 minutes, Every half hour, etc. I used it to track my stolen phone with the laptop in the car. This app saved me from buying a new phone.
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I have had Wave Secure since the Beta (it is free to beta testers) and love it. I can understand not wanting to pay, but it really is a great app. They have a zip file that you can flash in recovery if you are rooted. That will prevent the app from being erased if the phone is factory reset. I have also been using an app lately called "Tasker". It can track your phone, although I have not used it for this. Here is a link to the Wiki.
http://tasker.wikidot.com/locatephone
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Same here. Glad I got it while it was still a beta!
First of - I'm just an everyday user of Android device, never interested in hacking or any other "advanced" use of computers and likes. My greatest achievements so far are jailbreaking Iphone, rooting an Android phone and installing stock ROM on it. You can call me a noob. However - I like to improve things I use and I also value my privacy. That's why I installed a software that locks access to certain apps on my phone. I recently found this app actually made an opposite - it made my device vulnerable to identity theft and potential financial loss. I wouldn't really bother telling my story if developers didn't delete my one-star-rating with a brief description of the problem right after I posted it in Play store.
So, to the point. I installed CM Security and app lock app (nearly 14 millions of users and 4,7 rating) and locked some of the "sensitive" apps with it. One evening I was bored enough to try and play "a hacker" who "found my phone" and see what such person could do. Considering "a hacker" somehow managed to unlock the device he'd now encounter my second line of the defense - the mighty app locker. And now, in a few short steps I'll show you how much damage you can do with it:
1. First it obviously asks you for an unlocking password/pattern, but -as you don't know it - you hit in-app menu button and choose "forgot password?" option.
2. It asks you to log in to your Google account in order to reset the password (YES, you can access Google password recovery from inside the app, so even if you lock your device's Settings, your mail client and so on, you can still access the most vulnerable option of your account from "security" app).
3. As you don't know a Google password you hit the "forgot password" link that starts Google password reset process.
4. It will ask you for the "last password you remember", but you can just say you don't know it and then it gives you an option to get a verification code by SMS - chances are it will be sent to the device you're just holding in your hands. And these chances are big.
5. After you get a verification code you're in. You can now set a new Google account password and reset app locker password/pattern.
It's that easy. You not only unlocked an app locker but also got access to Google account which gives you pretty much endless possibilities, including purchase of some apps in the Play Store as it stores your card details and you only need an account password to authenticate the purchase. You can also try to restore Ebay or Paypal passwords or even try to get directly into bank accounts via banking apps. Sky is the limit.
I already deleted CM "security" app and looked for some replacement. I wasn't really surprised it's kind of a standard that when you install them, security apps ask you to give your Google account details just in case you need to recover your password in a future. And they often make you think that giving these details is an integral part of installation process, a must-do that is necessary for an app to install and work. Some apps, like CM "security" don't even ask - they just use your Google account details and don't give you a chance to give up such option.
After all - here's some advice I can give:
1. Don't install any security software that connects to your Google account and gives "password reset" options;
2. Don't give Google your mobile number, even if it seems convinient;
3. Don't use your Google account address as your contact information in "owner info" option of your device.
If you have any other suggestions that may improve security, please share.
Cheers
Question is why you didn't lock your device in the first place.
I think you are misappling this feature 's benefit/use. It is not there, IMO, to secure your phone from an advesary that has even brief access to your phone.
That is what a combination of a lock screen pwd,short for convenience, and full encryption using a separate and longer pwd of high entropy/randomness is for. Even with that its important to understand how it works and its limitations. Such as it does not encrypt.the ext sd card data. So if you put apps or privledged data there you either should not or using other means to encrypt it. One such way would be to use truecrypt to encrypt it using a pc, being the easiest and then use one of the apks that gives suports accessing those types of partitions/files.
The function you are speaking of is ther to prevent people you have a large degree of trust in such as a family member or close.friend possibly that you may allow to use your phone but do not want them to be able to access private data. Think of a parent allowing their child to use the phone to play a game but does not want them scewing up email or going into their bank app and randoming clicking around etc...
I hope you get the idea. Its not there to prevent someone that means to do you direct intentional harm.
I also want to point out my comments are only directed at the most basic level and only deal with physical secure of data on the phone and not the phone itself nor from remote access or privacy.
Also want to point out that a screen lock pwd is nothing but a inconvenience at best to someone wanting access to your data. A quick reboot into recovery and a bkup to a sd card will get them all your data and any weakly secured credentials there in. Its only one part of physical security, of which, is only itself one part in over all data security, which itself, is only a part of data privacy. Its a large house of cards and removing one or putting one little piece in just slightly the wrong place and collapse the whole house.
Its hard to do just the small piece of each of these parts correctly and exrremely hard to.combine all the small and large parts together for a total protection scheme. It takes considerable research and learning to do these things especially if your goals are for higher levles of security and privacy.
As an example someone that really wants their phone data ue on android to be private from commerical.data collection which via proxy means all gov access to said data would never install goggle play store or any google app on their device. That is just one glaring example of many.
http://ad.cmcm.com/en/?f=home-en-top
Cheetah Mobile is spyware. watch the video on their website
I would suggest using the built-in encryption on Android. I don't use it myself, but have the Avira app installed. I like their PC software, and gave it a try.
It can be used to track a lost phone or lock it remotely. Since I have rooted my Huawei G300 it complains a bit, but still scans all apps being installed.
bigeasy911 said:
I think you are misappling this feature 's benefit/use. It is not there, IMO, to secure your phone from an advesary that has even brief access to your phone.
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Fact is still that this app claims it provides certain security, yet it doesn't. Not everyone will realize this. So it's always good that people keep pointing this out.
Nearly a year gone since I posted this and now I returned to "AppLockers" during my mobile security research. This is such a bad thing I can't believe apps of this kind are accepted by PlayStore and not banned eternally as the most fake security solution that ever existed. What surprised me even more, "serious" companies, eg. Norton are also in this business... anyway
I checked this one first - Best App Lock - it's "best", right? And it's got 4.5 stars rating with 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 downloads.
I set it up, set the PIN, locked test app - everything seems fine.. as long as you don't go to Settings > Apps and don't force stop Best App Lock, because then - your protection is gone. But OK, you can also lock Settings and prevent such tricks and it works... as long as you don't use Activity Launcher to call App Lock's pin reset activity... Yes, you can reset the PIN without even opening the app itself.
Now, Best App Lock was clearly made by some amateur, so let's see what pros got for us, the big ones. I checked mentioned Norton App Lock, with 4.6 rating and surprisingly not as popular, with "only" 500,000 - 1,000,000 downloads. It's a bit better, it only contains one activity, so you can't bypass it easily, because the app itself is protected with a pattern, but here's another trick - reboot device in Safe Mode and you can disable Norton's permission to draw over other apps to make it helpless as a baby. Or you can just uninstall it in SM. I didn't check anything else, because what more you can do to prevent such workaround, than Norton already did?
If someone is aware of a way to disable power menu, or at least the ability to disable Safe Mode on unrooted Android please share. Until then I call all the App Lock apps the biggest scam in mobile security.
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Nearly a year gone since I posted this and now I returned to "AppLockers" during my mobile security research. This is such a bad thing I can't believe apps of this kind are accepted by PlayStore and not banned eternally as the most fake security solution that ever existed. What surprised me even more, "serious" companies, eg. Norton are also in this business... anyway
I checked this one first - Best App Lock - it's "best", right? And it's got 4.5 stars rating with 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 downloads.
I set it up, set the PIN, locked test app - everything seems fine.. as long as you don't go to Settings > Apps and don't force stop Best App Lock, because then - your protection is gone. But OK, you can also lock Settings and prevent such tricks and it works... as long as you don't use Activity Launcher to call App Lock's pin reset activity... Yes, you can reset the PIN without even opening the app itself.
Now, Best App Lock was clearly made by some amateur, so let's see what pros got for us, the big ones. I checked mentioned Norton App Lock, with 4.6 rating and surprisingly not as popular, with "only" 500,000 - 1,000,000 downloads. It's a bit better, it only contains one activity, so you can't bypass it easily, because the app itself is protected with a pattern, but here's another trick - reboot device in Safe Mode and you can disable Norton's permission to draw over other apps to make it helpless as a baby. Or you can just uninstall it in SM. I didn't check anything else, because what more you can do to prevent such workaround, than Norton already did?
If someone is aware of a way to disable power menu, or at least the ability to disable Safe Mode on unrooted Android please share. Until then I call all the App Lock apps the biggest scam in mobile security.
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The first step to real security is removing all Googleapps and Google account. There is no other way around this. Next, don't install any app that is not open source. Also, don't use any recovery. And finally, either epoxy your entire usb port, if you have let's say a magnetic charging port or cut all usb port pins except for 2 for charging. In addition, you should open the phone and epoxy usb port and contacts from inside, so that it can't be replaced. Or even better: epoxy your entire motherboard. That would take care of UART socket or any other way of entering CPU/GPU/RAM from inside. Encrypt your phone. After that, your phone couldn't be penetrated (other than through the air/baseband, which is a whole different level of sophistication). If someone targets you over the baseband, throw your phone and run for your freedom...
Seriously, in the above scenario, no one can have access to your data: no fastboot, no adb, no recovery. They wouldn't be able to replace kernel, recovery, system or use any OEM official flashing method... . I welcome any suggestion to hack such a device...
minimale_ldz said:
Nearly a year gone since I posted this and now I returned to "AppLockers" during my mobile security research. This is such a bad thing I can't believe apps of this kind are accepted by PlayStore and not banned eternally as the most fake security solution that ever existed. What surprised me even more, "serious" companies, eg. Norton are also in this business... anyway
I checked this one first - Best App Lock - it's "best", right? And it's got 4.5 stars rating with 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 downloads.
I set it up, set the PIN, locked test app - everything seems fine.. as long as you don't go to Settings > Apps and don't force stop Best App Lock, because then - your protection is gone. But OK, you can also lock Settings and prevent such tricks and it works... as long as you don't use Activity Launcher to call App Lock's pin reset activity... Yes, you can reset the PIN without even opening the app itself.
Now, Best App Lock was clearly made by some amateur, so let's see what pros got for us, the big ones. I checked mentioned Norton App Lock, with 4.6 rating and surprisingly not as popular, with "only" 500,000 - 1,000,000 downloads. It's a bit better, it only contains one activity, so you can't bypass it easily, because the app itself is protected with a pattern, but here's another trick - reboot device in Safe Mode and you can disable Norton's permission to draw over other apps to make it helpless as a baby. Or you can just uninstall it in SM. I didn't check anything else, because what more you can do to prevent such workaround, than Norton already did?
If someone is aware of a way to disable power menu, or at least the ability to disable Safe Mode on unrooted Android please share. Until then I call all the App Lock apps the biggest scam in mobile security.
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Reviews or star ratings are not always very reliable, just use as a rough guide .... (In my opinion SOME of those Chinese apps seem to be amongst the worst offenders)
https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/27/f...unes-but-google-play-has-the-worst-offenders/
optimumpro said:
The first step to real security is removing all Googleapps and Google account. There is no other way around this. Next, don't install any app that is not open source. Also, don't use any recovery. And finally, either epoxy your entire usb port, if you have let's say a magnetic charging port or cut all usb port pins except for 2 for charging. In addition, you should open the phone and epoxy usb port and contacts from inside, so that it can't be replaced. Or even better: epoxy your entire motherboard. That would take care of UART socket or any other way of entering CPU/GPU/RAM from inside. Encrypt your phone. After that, your phone couldn't be penetrated (other than through the air/baseband, which is a whole different level of sophistication). If someone targets you over the baseband, throw your phone and run for your freedom...
Seriously, in the above scenario, no one can have access to your data: no fastboot, no adb, no recovery. They wouldn't be able to replace kernel, recovery, system or use any OEM official flashing method... . I welcome any suggestion to hack such a device...
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Well you forgot SD card, unless you encrypt that as well, which for a user who uses the card for transferring files across different devices is not such a bright idea.
using epoxy could slow down the hack, and seriously give more trouble to the user than the hacker.
that being said your idea of securing the data is somewhat clear but really a secured device? cause epoxy can be penetrated as well, lock screen can also be bypassed, even without Google and a recovery.
it might take more time than hacking an average device, but still it can be done and most probably the hacker would be the same owner. cause he forgot the damn password and is looking to get back the data.
the more we try to secure, the more we make our lives tough.
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Well you forgot SD card, unless you encrypt that as well, which for a user who uses the card for transferring files across different devices is not such a bright idea.
using epoxy could slow down the hack, and seriously give more trouble to the user than the hacker.
that being said your idea of securing the data is somewhat clear but really a secured device? cause epoxy can be penetrated as well, lock screen can also be bypassed, even without Google and a recovery.
it might take more time than hacking an average device, but still it can be done and most probably the hacker would be the same owner. cause he forgot the d
amn password and is looking to get back the data.
the more we try to secure, the more we make our lives tough.
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Epoxy: Knowing how small and fragile phone motherboards are, I think you will most likely damage the board while trying to penetrate epoxy... Maybe you shouldn't epoxy the usb port on the ouside, but cut the data pins and epoxy on the inside to not give a hint to an attacker. Anyway, I wish an attacker fun time trying to remove epoxy...
The point of encryption is to protect data when the phone is off. So, it makes sense that for someone without a password, the phone turns into a brick. And if you tend to forget the password, then write it down somewhere other than the phone...
Mobile security is a myth. At best it is a door knit lock. Will keep honest People honest but won't stop someone from. Really trying and doing it.
I see lots of talk from people about security and yet these same people use Facebook which has enough holes in it that anyone could hack someone else pc. I use it all the time to mess with people. The looks on their faces are priceless.
How I heard about it and What it does!
So a friend told me he saw this app called fingerprint ID when he was scrolling through a bunch of apps on the playstore or whatnot and he showed me this app called Fingerprint ID. At first I thought it was a fake app that lets you "scan" your fingerprint using your devices lockscreen LOL but turned out it lets you control your PC by using a quick locking feature, lets you log off your pc, shut it down and unlock it with your FINGERPRINT!! This is apparently all done via Wi-Fi. You open the program, enter the credentials that you see on your pc within the app and thats it! This would be helpful for me so that I don't have to lock or sleep my pc and enter my long password, instead I just open the app and scan my fingerprint right before I even get to my PC. On the way to my PC, I could just unlock it! Pretty cool, I'm gonna get this app and let you know what I think of it!
Best part is, this is the first tool for Windows instead Mac!!!!
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Sometimes the website is down for some reason so I am sharing the links to download
the Fingerprint ID.zip and a tutuorial video :/
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Tutorial Video - How to install and use it!
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Download app from PlayStore:
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My Review for Fingerprint ID
silentwind827 said:
How I heard about it and What it does!
So a friend told me he saw this app called fingerprint ID when he was scrolling through a bunch of apps on the playstore or whatnot and he showed me this app called Fingerprint ID. At first I thought it was a fake app that lets you "scan" your fingerprint using your devices lockscreen LOL but turned out it lets you control your PC by using a quick locking feature, lets you log off your pc, shut it down and unlock it with your FINGERPRINT!! This is apparently all done via Wi-Fi. You open the program, enter the credentials that you see on your pc within the app and thats it! This would be helpful for me so that I don't have to lock or sleep my pc and enter my long password, instead I just open the app and scan my fingerprint right before I even get to my PC. On the way to my PC, I could just unlock it! Pretty cool, I'm gonna get this app and let you know what I think of it!
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So I got the app, let me tell you this. Out of 5 stars, I give it 4/5! The only reason why it doesn't receive that last star is because I can't
change the lockscreen color. Others may disagree. It works EXACTLY how I expected! Very handy. I also wish there was a feature that
would automatically lock my PC when I disconnected from the Wi-Fi from my phone, other than that, it works great, amazing UI on Windows
and haven't come across any problems or crashing! And $2.99 for the app seems like a good fit. Mac ID is $3.99 and has pretty much the same
features but the program uses its own custom lockscreen, not bad just wish it used Windows 10 lockscreen and automatically input the password,
but I heard thats impossible on Win 10 because they implemented some sort of security that doesn't let programs run in the background and send
data :/
4 out of 5 for me! Pretty damn fast and cool. Nice to see devs finally making stuff for Windows thats on Mac
I started looking at this, and while it looked wicked cool there are a lot of concerns.
First off for the Windows download/site, there's nothing for contact info except a twitter account.
Megasync is the download place for the client... Pretty fricking odd.
The web site is hosted on a free webhost. www.000webhost.com
That has 1000 MB Disk Space 10000 MB Bandwidth, enough to host the Windows client.
On Google Play
The phone client access stated is
Version 1.0 can access:
Other
full network access
Pretty sure there's more than that. Not willing to pay the 2.99 just to decompile the apk to see if there's more.
Most of the games listed by the Developer are games. Device security is a big leap. Not impossible just odd.
[email protected] is not showing anything under Google+
Nothing strange, just interesting.
Going through the instructions, it installs a web server on your Windows machine. That's why the client is 115 MB download.
Also it says if during setup ----> Now test the connection again. If it fails, go to the Contact Us tab and let us know!
And the only Contact info is a Twitter account ??? There's no support page in their web site except the instructions.
Good find, but I'm going to research a little more.
I'm not an overly paranoid security person, but there's too much that's questionable to try in my opinion.
It could be because the app is new they haven't done much.
But the web site looks to be a simple Wordpress theme, but they could have done a little more. They went that far, it would have not taken that much effort to build out a little more contact info and support info.
I know because I just setup a free web site to test the web host for another project I have.
Again, I'm not knocking the app because I haven't tried it. I'm saying that there is not enough information or complete information for me to install a web server on my Windows machine just to unlock it with my phone with a fingerprint.
Like contact info, support information, complete Android device security access information.
dicksteele said:
I started looking at this, and while it looked wicked cool there are a lot of concerns.
First off for the Windows download/site, there's nothing for contact info except a twitter account.
Megasync is the download place for the client... Pretty fricking odd.
The web site is hosted on a free webhost. www.000webhost.com
That has 1000 MB Disk Space 10000 MB Bandwidth, enough to host the Windows client.
On Google Play
The phone client access stated is
Version 1.0 can access:
Other
full network access
Pretty sure there's more than that. Not willing to pay the 2.99 just to decompile the apk to see if there's more.
Most of the games listed by the Developer are games. Device security is a big leap. Not impossible just odd.
[email protected] is not showing anything under Google+
Nothing strange, just interesting.
Going through the instructions, it installs a web server on your Windows machine. That's why the client is 115 MB download.
Also it says if during setup ----> Now test the connection again. If it fails, go to the Contact Us tab and let us know!
And the only Contact info is a Twitter account ??? There's no support page in their web site except the instructions.
Good find, but I'm going to research a little more.
I'm not an overly paranoid security person, but there's too much that's questionable to try in my opinion.
It could be because the app is new they haven't done much.
But the web site looks to be a simple Wordpress theme, but they could have done a little more. They went that far, it would have not taken that much effort to build out a little more contact info and support info.
I know because I just setup a free web site to test the web host for another project I have.
Again, I'm not knocking the app because I haven't tried it. I'm saying that there is not enough information or complete information for me to install a web server on my Windows machine just to unlock it with my phone with a fingerprint.
Like contact info, support information, complete Android device security access information.
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Maybe ask the dev to gift the app to you and let you try it
Hello all,
I'm looking for an advanced security feature for my S21 Ultra without success; I'm reaching out to you, and hopefully, you'll have a working solution or thoughts on how to achieve my goal.
The problem:
My phone, like most, has a password manager holding all my accounts credentials, secured notes, crypto wallets, bank applications, and so on; although the phone protected by pin code and fingerprint, it doesn't solve the case of being forced by a law officer or worse, by gunpoint to unlock the phone.
The desired solution:
If any of you are familiar with the Nano Ledger (cold storage crypto wallet), they have implemented a "secret wallet", especially for the case of being forced to enter your pin code by bad actors; it works in such a way you set two different pin code; when using the first one the wallet has one amount, but when using the second pin code the wallet has a different amount, obviously, the bad actor has no idea you used a pin code that gives you access to $100 worth of crypto. In contrast, the other pin code would have given access to a million dollars worth of crypto.
I'm looking for the same behavior with my phone, meaning, if I use one pin code or fingerprint, I'll be logged in to my regular user settings and applications; however, if I'll enter a different pin code or fingerprint, I'll be logged into different user settings and applications.
Many thanks to you all,
Best,
Ram
I don't know an app with this feature. But you can use another (hidden) profile for this.
The "Shelter" app for example uses the built-in Andoid workprofile to run apps in an isolated environment, separated from the apps in the main profile. You can also use (a copy of) the password manager here.
You can easily disable the workprofile and enable it again.
It will not be visible for thiefs or police. Only forensics or persons with some IT-skills that are aware that you are using the workprofile would easily find it and try to force you to unlock it.
FeeMale said:
I don't know an app with this feature. But you can use another (hidden) profile for this.
The "Shelter" app for example uses the built-in Andoid workprofile to run apps in an isolated environment, separated from the apps in the main profile. You can also use (a copy of) the password manager here.
You can easily disable the workprofile and enable it again.
It will not be visible for thiefs or police. Only forensics or persons with some IT-skills that are aware that you are using the workprofile would easily find it and try to force you to unlock it.
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thank you for your input! i'll defiantly look into that.
I appreciate your time in responding, once again, many thanks!
Best,
RS
Hello,
Does anyone here have a problem with verification in various applications via QR?
Yesterday I couldn't activate the bank application via QR. (I still haven't activated it) I thought there was a problem with the app. However, today I have the same problem with the Viber application and others.
I start the scanner, I point the camera at the barcode on the monitor (I tried several monitors) and nothing happens. I tried manual focus, nothing helps.
Well thank you!
I'm facing the same problem on my Pixel 6. I had resorted to taking photos of QR codes, enlarging them and rescanning them via secondary display.
Last week, suddenly, everything started working when I scanned it from afar, without trying to fill the scanning rectangle with the code. Start from afar, move in slowly, and it would scan 7 times out of 10.
samnaqvi said:
I'm facing the same problem on my Pixel 6. I had resorted to taking photos of QR codes, enlarging them and rescanning them via secondary display.
Last week, suddenly, everything started working when I scanned it from afar, without trying to fill the scanning rectangle with the code. Start from afar, move in slowly, and it would scan 7 times out of 10.
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it doesn't work for me at all. I had a similar problem on other devices, it worked as you say, but not at all on this phone.
Is manual value entry an option? As in entering the value manually that in encoded in the QR?
Some apps do, some don't. I solved the bank's application by entering the text manually. Anyway, it's quite annoying that it doesn't work.
I use Google Authenticate as a two-factor authentication tool. When transferring phones you export and import the 2FA information using a QR code displayed on the old phone, and scan it using the new phone. I mention this because I had no problem scanning this QR code using my new Flip4, scanning from the screen of my old Samsung S21. These QR codes are pretty dense. So I don't think the Flip4 phone has a problem, per se.
You probably know this, but also, check the Camera settings as there's a check-box to enable scanning QR codes.
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I use Google Authenticate as a two-factor authentication tool. When transferring phones you export and import the 2FA information using a QR code displayed on the old phone, and scan it using the new phone. I mention this because I had no problem scanning this QR code using my new Flip4, scanning from the screen of my old Samsung S21. These QR codes are pretty dense. So I don't think the Flip4 phone has a problem, per se.
You probably know this, but also, check the Camera settings as there's a check-box to enable scanning QR codes.
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I also use Gauth and it worked for me there. I have the scan QR function activated in the camera. I also tried clearing the cache of the camera... nothing helps.
Just set up an act on Microsoft Authentication. Grabbed qr code before I even aimed camera at it!
Are you sure that your camera doesn’t scan a single barcode? Try to scan different templates of barcodes and see if it works with some. I’ve seen cases(not to Z Flip) where a camera works with some specific barcodes only.
Go and create a free QR code(not a dynamic, but a simple one); insert a simple URL and generate a couple of QR codes with different templates. Try to scan each and see if it works with some(there’s no reason not to work with all). But, if some of them work and others don’t, then it’s certain that your camera is having difficulty with reading specific QR code templates, and most likely you’ll solve this annoying issue by factory reset.
However, if you don’t want to complicate things just use the Google Lens app to scan(probably the easiest way). Hopefully this helps.
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Are you sure that your camera doesn’t scan a single barcode? Try to scan different templates of barcodes and see if it works with some. I’ve seen cases(not to Z Flip) where a camera works with some specific barcodes only.
Go and create a free QR code(not a dynamic, but a simple one); insert a simple URL and generate a couple of QR codes with different templates. Try to scan each and see if it works with some(there’s no reason not to work with all). But, if some of them work and others don’t, then it’s certain that your camera is having difficulty with reading specific QR code templates, and most likely you’ll solve this annoying issue by factory reset.
However, if you don’t want to complicate things just use the Google Lens app to scan(probably the easiest way). Hopefully this helps.
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Thanks, but this won't help me.
Reading QR codes inside applications does not work for me. It works for me through the photo app.