Android 15 can automatically delete your face or fingerprint unlock if they aren't working well
Android 15 can automatically delete your face or fingerprint unlock if they aren't working well
Android 15 can delete your face or fingerprint unlock when they aren’t working well and then prompt you to set them up again.
TL;DR
- Strings in the latest Android 15 beta suggest the OS can automatically delete biometrics that aren’t working well.
- Android will delete your face or fingerprint unlock when they aren’t working well and then prompt you to set them up again.
- We don’t know how the OS determines when a biometric isn’t working well or if this feature is even live yet in the latest Android 15 beta, though.
_Your face isn’t well.
Delete._
I have no mouth and I must scream.
I've been waiting for technology that can delete my face
Well I hope it prompts first and deletes after...
So phones with under screen fingerprint sensors are just going to be prompting their users ever day right?
There are two types of underscreen sensors. The ultrasonic ones work great, even better than the back sensors I've used. Your finger taps and it's unlocked, simple as that.
The second type are the optical sensors, and these are the bad ones. You tap it and have to hold for the scan to complete, but it might fail because the screen is slightly smudged, or the light didnt hit your finger on the right angle, the room might be too dark/bright...
My experience differs. I found optical in display fingerprint to be quite reliable. It even happens to work with slightly wet hands. The room being too dark or bright has also never been an issue since my finger covers the sensor completely.
I guess it depends on the quality of sensor used by the manufacter. Pixel phones are known to have issues.
I have an ultrasonic one. When it decides not to recognize my finger it just doesn't. And sometimes it rumbles as if it had a wrong match while laying on the table on its own
idk my optical sensor works really well, it only fails if i place my finger at a weird angle, but ultrasonic's not going to fix that either
I like the optical ones as it works with wet hands
Huh? I've never had a problem with mine.
I have a realme smartphone with under display fingerprint sensor. I had last done setup in December for fingerprint and face unlock. It works fine without issues even now. Like the article mentioned it depends on the manufacturer and the hardware tuning. Pixels are known to have frequent issues to warrant this change.
They're going to delete... my face?!?
Better hide it fast. Little green droid is coming for it
Don't know how I feel about this. I already get sick of the security prompts every three days to manually enter my passcode. If Google starts just deleting them and making me redo them might just fucking go back to the passcode. Hope it's optional or it at least prompts you before deleting an old one. Not really trusting Google get it right.
What about bad actors which swipe the phone, and it's behind the biometric lock? Too many failed attempts may or may not be a sign of it not working well, so if it bases part of it on the failed attempts, it would lower the chances of being further protected. I know they would ask for the pattern/pin or password to re-enroll the biometric, but let's assume that's already known, then game over.
I swear it did this on 13 and 14, too.
What ROM? Can't be a pixel
Not the Pixel, no; I've had it happen on my previous phone like twice. It was the dual screen LG V600.
Ok, so if I wanna get into your phone, I just gotta wait and fail to unlock it.
Somehow I don't think it also deletes the password too
Oh right!
That's not how it will work.
You guys use biometrics?
Yeah, lol. Who has the time to type a passcode or pattern unlock when a single click or glance can unlock your phone within a second.
The legal precedents that have been set in this area basically boil down to this: if the police could unlock your phone while you were unconscious (e.g. by placing your finger on it or pointing it at your face) then they are allowed to do so.
You cannot be legally compelled to reveal your password or unlock a device with your password. Obviously you could be forced anyway, but evidence collected this way would be inadmissable in court.
I use, but I believe biometrics should be used as username, not as password.