Hi is there a way to encrypt file with fingerprint ? for example password files or password database with my fingerprint ? I was tring to do it with a cheap phone xioami redmi note 13 pro , there are many tutorials on youtube ,but never understood how to do it thanks
That is what Android already does with Knox Security on their devices. Maybe reading through the process they use will shed some light. My thoughts because I always lean to security is that while your fingerprint is unique you could easily be forced to provide it to an adversary. It CAN be copied and used directly from any object you touch as well. Watch movies it happens ---- > LOL!!
hi i will look for a tutorial , i know only about Second Space I would like to use only my fingerprint/s and not password pin or pattern thanks
I have it in Xiaomi. No Knox here of course. It may be a feature inside Google Files app. Samsung however may have extended it to use fingerprint, but only as convenience - it seems that primary credential is still PIN or password or pattern https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JIxnCbq_Y98 Yes, but it could at least prevent digital adversaries in most circumstances. This could be prevented as an example https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...-with-just-one-bad-click.455743/#post-3219199
hi i have seen only in the samsung phones but the fingerprints should be more secure than Pin , and they are faster Pin are only 4 numbers , aren't ?
The weakest is probably a pattern. Yes, PIN for secure folder is 4 numers, at least in 5 yo Xiaomi. As main screen lock it is 8 numbers.
PIN can be more than 4 digits. Samsung recommends 6 minimum, it can be 10 or more. Samsung rates PIN security as "medium to high".
Nope. My PASSWORD to unlock my Android 23 Ultra is 21 characters long. Yep, not a mis-type! I rely on my fingerprint but have the quick biometric "killer" available with the touch of a button. If I touch that button it takes the correct 21 characters to unlock the phone because Android KNOX disables ALL biometrics. I don't usually need to use my unlock password but I keep the quick biometric disable at the ready! ps - ditch the PIN and go with password. With PIN there are only 10 options with each digit you use. With password each character is close to 80, and you can use ASIC 2 digits which will never be attempted in a brute force scenario.
hi what can happen to an andoird after 10 or more attempts with wrong pin or password ? seems there is a delay and after x seconds , the phone will let again to try another pin on other side ,I guess apple locks the phone thanks
The phone is already locked. After a "certain" number of failed attempts, the phone may ask for a Google account login, and after a successful login it enters an automatic factory reset. Not sure, I haven´t tried...
I do not allow my phone to be remotely unlocked - on purpose. And with 21 characters I could care less if someone wants to bang away at it all day long. Four of my characters are ASIC II so party on if they want to, LOL! 21 to the 80th exponent of possibilities.
These are actually ASIC II extended --- > recognized but seldom used by "street users" (non-scientist types). I haven't seen hashing tables and other mechanisms in the wild that patrol for these during brute force. It does add MANY more options per character to the mathematical paradigm. Just a math and probabilities thing for password characters. https://theasciicode.com.ar/
I only see ASCII codes there; not ASIC. Did you make a consistent typo? Or is ASIC how ASCII is called in your country? (or am I still reading it wrong / misunderstanding?)
Consistent typo! Mostly demonstrating how many additional characters are available with the extended set of stuff that is rarely used by folks, but the software is fine with it on passwords.
hi with xioami should i open google page or xioami web page to enable i think google with internet could block it or erase remotely thanks
