The smartphone is a device that many Europe users use for more important things beyond making calls. Reading emails, consultation of the balance in the current account or making online purchases are some of the uses that many people use daily, and the management of this 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 applications such as the bank They need authentication as soon as. In this way, even if a person has your mobile, he will not be able to access this type of application without prior verification.
This is ideal in case your mobile is lost and someone discovers the password, or in case another person who knows the password takes the mobile without authorization. Google has just announced that a similar function reaches its smartphones Under the name of the Check identityAnd arrives with the premise from preventing other people from modifying the key aspects of the device without authorization, and is now available in Europe.
Identity verification
To access this function, simply open adjustments and go to the security and confidentiality section. There, we will have to open the device unlocking, then the protection of the flight, where the identity verification section will be found. He has already arrived in Europe through an update of the system, including the devices of two generations, such as the Pixel 7, where we tried the option.
Its mission is to prevent other people from being the owner of the device to modify the key aspects of the configuration. These include changing the unlocking method, deactivate the function to find my device or access to access keys and apply passwords.
When you try to carry out one of these actions, The mobile will check the identity of the user via the fingerprint reader or via 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 himself and many can be chosen.
Other configurations related to design or connectivity will not require identification, so it is not an option, much less boring, in addition to providing additional security to users.
