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Android 16 could bring Identity Check to more smartphones (www.androidcentral.com)
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  • Identity Check was spotted on a OnePlus 13 running the Android 16 beta.
  • The feature is expected to arrive on more Android phones with the Android 16 update coming later this year.
  • It requires a change to Android's biometric prompt code, which can't be completed without a full update.

When enabled, Identity Check requires biometric authentication to view or modify certain sensitive parts on your Android smartphone. A fingerprint or face unlock is required for the following actions when your device is outside of a trusted location:

  • Accessing saved passkeys and app passwords
  • Changing PIN, pattern, or password, and turning off Find My

For these actions, biometric authentication is mandatory outside of trusted locations with Identity Check enabled — a password, PIN, or pattern won't work as an alternative. This is intended to prevent people from hijacking your Google account or other online accounts in the event your phone is lost or stolen, even if the bad actor knows your password.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (9 children)

All this is creating is a false sense of security AND forcing people to use biometrics that arent changeable.

This is a god send for every fashist nation whomst police wana try to get in your phone.

For this feature to work location needs to be on all the time wich will mean more battery usage and more movement data for google too.

And if the police nabs your phone at a protest...they dont even need to hack it...just bring you "home" and then hold the smartphone im your face for unlock.

This is trash and google knows it, but google is now working for a fashist regime so dont expect them to "protect" you in any shape or form.

YEET YOUR PHONE

[–] askat 6 points 2 days ago

YEET YOUR PHONE

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