The smartphone is a device that many users in Spain use for more important things beyond making and receiving calls. Reading emails, consulting the balance in the checking account or making online purchases are some of the uses that many people use daily, and handling such information makes it important to keep these devices as safe as possible.
Bringing the blocked mobile is a requirement for many things, such as using Google Wallet, and other apps such as banking They require authentication as soon as. In this way, even if a person has your mobile, he will not be able to access this type of app without prior verification.
This is ideal in case your mobile is lost and someone finds out the password, or in case another person who knows the password takes the mobile without permission. Google has just announced that a similar function reaches its smartphones Under the name of identity checkand arrives with the premise of preventing other people from changing key aspects of the device without permission, and is now available in Spain.
Identity verification
To access this function you just have to open adjustments and go to the Security and Privacy section. There we will have to open the device unlock and then theft protection, where the identity check section will be found. It has already arrived in Spain through an update of the system, including devices of two generations, such as the Pixel 7, where we have tried the option.
Its mission is to prevent other people from being the owner of the device to change key aspects of the configuration. These include changing the unlocking method, deactivating the function of finding my device or accessing the access keys and apply passwords.
When you try to carry out one of these actions, The mobile will verify the user’s identity through the footprint reader or through the password, depending on what each user has. You can also choose places of trust in which this verification will be omitted. This is intended that if the user is at home, he does not have to identify, and several can be chosen.
Other configurations related to design or connectivity will not require identification, so it is not an option, much less annoying, in addition to offering extra security to users.
