Hello,
I was wondering if there is a password manager out there which can be stored on a flashdrive so that I can plug it in to log into my PC among other applications and websites?
I have never used a password manager before, and since recent scandals involving password theft, I feel like a lot of people are posting about the benefits of a password manager, so I felt I should try a password manager as well. I want to go the whole nine yards though. I want an immersive experience to REALLY get a feel of whether or not I will use a password manager, so I want to change everything, including my google password and Microsoft password, and let my password manager handle keeping them.
However, my Microsoft password is linked to my PC, so my computer password changes when my Microsoft account password changes. If I change it to some randomly generated strong password I would not remember it and would depend entirely on the password manager, which is why I want to know if there is a portable application that can log into my PC for me as well.
Also, my google account is linked to my phone, and it keeps record of my call history, text messages, and contacts. These are things I want to be retained whenever I get a new phone, factory reset my current phone, or clean install a custom ROM, so is there a password manager that handles this as well? The problem with apps is the fact that we need Google Play Store to download and install them officially, and we need a google account to access Google Play Store. I know that I can sideload an apk from my computer to my phone, but let's say I get a new phone at Best Buy and just CAN'T wait to get home and start using it. When I boot up it'll ask for my Google account so it can restore my contacts at the very least, but I'd be dependent on my password manager and will not be able to login without it. Is there something I can do that will allow me to login immediately upon turning on this shiny new device?
I've tried Dashlane, they don't have a remedy for the things above, and it seems like most password managers do not. On top of Dashlane's android overlay doesn't pop up when adding a google account, whether it just be for gmail or other google services. I am pretty sure that my request is a stretch, and if so, I'll probably just continue to manually type in my own passwords, but I figured I'd ask and see if anyone knew of an app that might do what I want or is migrating in that direction.
Thanks,
Weilun
Hello guys!
Tired of typing your password each time you want to unlock your computer?
After months of work, I have finally launched my project, Remote Fingerprint Unlock, which allows you to remotely wake up and unlock your Windows computer with a single fingerprint tap!
Features:
• Simple, user-friendly UI
• Secure
• Local/Microsoft/Domain** accounts supported
• 3 app themes - Light, Dark, Black (AMOLED)
• Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Tethering support
**1.2.0 version of the Windows module required. Usage: when adding an account using the Android app, simply add the full name of the account, including the domain, separated by a slash ( ‘\’ ). For example: test\account.name
PRO features:
• Ads removal
• Unlimited computers and account per computer
• Wake-On-Lan
• Unlock widgets - can be linked to any account, useful if you have more computers that you want to unlock
• Launcher shortcuts - same as widgets, can be used by long-tapping the app icon or can be pinned like any other launcher shortcut
• More planned features
With that being said, here is the link to the app: Google Play or XDA Labs
The Windows module, found at http://bit.ly/2Q4YoUP is required for the app to work. Please be sure to check for updates from time to time as they can contain fixes and add new features. The changelog can be found at the same link.
The app was featured on XDA News, thanks to the guys at XDA! :highfive: So, if you think that you need such a tool, be sure to give it a try!
Lastly, any question that you may have, be it about how the app works, how to use it or if you are just leaving feedback, don't hesitate posting it here! Thanks for taking the time to check the app!
Security
The communication between modules is secured using TLS (SSL). The accounts are stored on your computer as they are required when unlocking. However, they are encrypted using a key that is generated based on your fingerprint. As per this article, the generated key is backed by a Trusted Execution Environment, which prevents an attacker from gaining access to the key even if he had compromised the kernel. In other words, only the enrolled fingerprints on your phone can access the key. If you do uninstall, reset your app or even if you change one of your registered fingerprints, the file where the accounts are stored is lost forever and you will need to reconfigure your accounts.
Lastly, research has been done to ensure that, even locally, your accounts are as safe as possible. No password is stored in-app and everything is done locally (between the app and the Windows module) and I'm not, in any way, shape or form, sending through the Internet or seeing anything that you type in-app.
Basic troubleshooting
If you cannot find you computer in the Scan menu, please check the following:
Be sure that the module is present on your logon screen. For example, on Windows 10, you should see it on the lower left corner of the screen. If you installed the program and it still isn’t present, please leave a reply, send me a PM or an email.
If you have a different firewall than Windows Firewall, please be sure that you have allowed all incoming and outgoing traffic on both TCP and UDP for LogonUI.exe process, found in C:\Windows\System32.
Be sure that both your computer and your smartphone are connected to the same network which assigns IP addresses on the same subnet. For example, both devices should have an IP starting with the same subnet prefix: 192.168.1.
If you have blocked ports on your network, be sure to allow port 4009 on both TCP and UDP for the app to function correctly.
If you added an account but unlocking does not work, please check the following:
If you are using a Microsoft account: if you tried adding an account, used your email address and it does not work, please update the Windows module to at least 1.0.2, which supports logging in a user using the displayed account name on the lockscreen. When adding an account in-app, try again by using the displayed name of that Microsoft account (the First and Last names).
If you are using a local account on Windows Vista or 7, you may have changed your account name in the past. Internally, Windows does not change the username so you need to type in the original username.
If you can’t remember it, just open a Command Prompt and type 'whoami’. The username that will be displayed is the one that the app will need.
You can also check how your personal user folder is called. It can be found in C:\Users.
On Windows 8 and 10, have at least the 1.0.2 version installed and simply add an account using the displayed name on the lockscreen.
Setting up/Testing Wake On Lan (PRO feature)
To enable WoL on your computer, you can follow the steps here. To enable WoL on your computer, follow the first part. After that, you can continue with the same tutorial if you have another computer available, or you can download this app on your Android phone to test it.
To send the WoL signal using the app, simply go to the saved computers, tap on the desired computer, tick Send WoL-Packet and Save. There is no need to configure anything as your MAC address is automatically detected when you add your computer. The wake-up signal will now be sent each time you unlock one of the accounts on that PC.
Take into consideration that on some computers, you may also need to enable WoL in your BIOS settings and that it may work only on certain states like being fully shut down, hibernated or sleeping. There is nothing I can do about it, unfortunately, as it depends on your PC. Thanks for understanding!
So the fingerprint is saved on your server? How can we make sure that it will not be exploited?
scissorscrush said:
So the fingerprint is saved on your server? How can we make sure that it will not be exploited?
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No! Actually it is not! The fingerprint verification is only done locally using only your phone's secure hardware. This is all that Android Fingerprint API's allow a developer to do: they just report back if a scanned fingerprint is found on a phone's system or not and the unique key that is generated when you first scan your fingerprint can be accessed only if there was a successful fingerprint scan.
So all of this part is done using Android's Fingerprint API. There is no back-end involved in any of this. With the exception of crash logs and ads, the Android app and the Windows module only communicate with each other.
Hope that it clarifies some of the aspects! Feel free to reply back if you have any other questions.
Andrew-X said:
No! Actually it is not! The fingerprint verification is only done locally using only your phone's secure hardware. This is all that Android Fingerprint API's allow a developer to do: they just report back if a scanned fingerprint is found on a phone's system or not and the unique key that is generated when you first scan your fingerprint can be accessed only if there was a successful fingerprint scan.
So all of this part is done using Android's Fingerprint API. There is no back-end involved in any of this. With the exception of crash logs and ads, the Android app and the Windows module only communicate with each other.
Hope that it clarifies some of the aspects! Feel free to reply back if you have any other questions.
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Good dude. Gonna try it now and will report back ?
Unsuccessful. Could not add the account. Tried both pin and password.
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Unsuccessful. Could not add the account. Tried both pin and password.
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Sorry to hear that. You can't add an account in-app or you can add it but it does not unlock your computer? Also, are you using a Microsoft account or have you changed you account username sometime in the past?
Andrew-X said:
Sorry to hear that. You can't add an account in-app or you can add it but it does not unlock your computer? Also, are you using a Microsoft account or have you changed you account username sometime in the past?
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Can't add the account in the app. When I fill the details (account and password) it disappears and I get a notification up top that the command is sent, waiting for computer to reply. But nothing appears in the account list within the app. Using a local account (admin) and no changes in the past 2 years.
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Can't add the account in the app. When I fill the details (account and password) it disappears and I get a notification up top that the command is sent, waiting for computer to reply. But nothing appears in the account list within the app. Using a local account (admin) and no changes in the past 2 years.
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Ok, just to be sure. Is your computer locked (not on the desktop, but on the login screen) when you are trying to add an account?
Edit: oh, yeah. That notification does not affect the adding operation, but it should not appear when adding an account. Thanks for helping me discover a little bug, lol
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Ok, just to be sure. Is your computer locked (not on the desktop, but on the login screen) when you are trying to add an account?
Edit: oh, yeah. That notification does not affect the adding operation, but it should not appear when adding an account. Thanks for helping me discover a little bug, lol
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Lol looks like you got some work to do ?
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Lol looks like you got some work to do
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Already solved it But have you managed to add your account? If not, have you added the firewall exceptions for the LogonUI.exe process? (If you are using something else than Windows Firewall)
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Already solved it But have you managed to add your account? If not, have you added the firewall exceptions for the LogonUI.exe process? (If you are using something else than Windows Firewall)
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Sadly no. The firewall exceptions were created properly. The lock screen was on. No Antivirus on either devices. It might not be a firewall issue because the app was able to communicate with the computer.
Can't find my PC windows 10 in scan. No firewall in the computer, should i enable bluetooth in both devices or what??
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Can't find my PC windows 10 in scan. No firewall in the computer, should i enable bluetooth in both devices or what??
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It only works on local networks (Wi-Fi/Wired) at the moment, so both your Android device and your computer should be on the same network to communicate with each other.
Also, do you have your computer on it's lockscreen when scanning? (not on dekstop)
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It only works on local networks (Wi-Fi/Wired) at the moment, so both your Android device and your computer should be on the same network to communicate with each other.
Also, do you have your computer on it's lockscreen when scanning? (not on dekstop)
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Yes it is on lockscreen when scanning, i have main firewall in our network, so which port should i open in this firewall??
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Yes it is on lockscreen when scanning, i have main firewall in our network, so which port should i open in this firewall??
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Open up 4009 on both TCP and UDP and also allow both incoming and outgoing traffic. Tell me if it worked.
When i use home wireless network (no main firewall), it is working, but inside my work network which have main firewall, it is not working. I already open port 4009 (tcp/udp),same result
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When i use home wireless network (no main firewall), it is working, but inside my work network which have main firewall, it is not working. I already open port 4009 (tcp/udp),same result
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Can you please check what IP's are your computer and your given when connected to your work network?
Glad to see this thread here, OP. Will try this out and cover on XDA ?
working here flawlessly ..
For a first version finding an option to activate the dark mode surprised me. Thank you
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Can you please check what IP's are your computer and your given when connected to your work network?
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The both IPs are in same network, my mobile and my pc, problem from my main network firewall, if i use different network (without firewall), it is working. By the way i am using Kerio control as my main network firewall
Hi,
I have some apps that I have forgot the password to.
The apps still works but if I want to access the content using my PC I can not since I forgot the password.
Is there a way to extract existing passwords.
To stop this from happening in the future is there an password manager that automatically saves the passwords that I create for the different apps.
Or if there are no manager that does this automatically one with as little effort as possible would be good.
Also it would be nice If this manager auto-fills the username and password because I have some apps that automatically logouts.
Is there a manager that is freeware?
I do not know of a way to extract a password from an app that is logged in, that is mostly because the app does not store your password, but a special has that has your login information session.
However, going forward you can use something like LastPass to store your app passwords, it will prompt you to save them when entering, and you can use it on your desktop as well.
Hallo.
We are a small club that want to share some info (.txt, doc) with each other, without other people are able to read get access to the files.
I have seen many programs that have encrypted files, even that you can use yubikey to login. BUT after login, the device will be logged in, so if someone loses the mobile, the files are open to the person who find the mobile.
Is there a way to use the yubikey to force login each time you will look at a file?
Before you could lock the mobile, and had to unlock it with the yubikey, not that function is gone on android, so even if you use advanced security from google, your device is logged in, and everyone who are able to unlock your phone, are able to read exemple google drive.
Hope you understand what i am searching for, kinda like a dropbox where the user (5 persons) have to type username, password and use the yubikey to enter the files, or, that the files itself are asking for the yubikey.
Another question is if there is an easy fast way to logout from all accounts?
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