Mobile PIN is something like the master key that opens the door to all kinds of evil, including changing your Google account password. It’s important to keep it safe, and yet you don’t need a fancy tool to find out: it goes with it. be able to see the screen.
Android 13 QPR3 Beta 2 teases us about a new security feature that we’ll likely see more widely in Android 14: improved PIN security. It will be an adjustment with which the numbers we entered are not previewed
More difficult to spy PIN code
Android allows us to put in longer PINs, but since the minimum is four digits, that’s usually the norm. This PIN it is semi-protected as we write it the same as when entering passwords: only the last digit is visible, which is useful for us to see if we are typing it correctly.
The problem is that a PIN code is not a password, because it can only consist of numbers. With a look over my shoulder or with a strategically placed camera, it is quite easy to get the PIN code. Later, by obtaining the device itself, we will be able to access all its contents, avoiding other biometric methods such as facial recognition or the fingerprint reader.
As if that weren’t enough, Material You makes it a little easier for you. The mobile PIN pad has recently been redesigned to include larger and more animated buttons, which can be a problem. the animations They are also used to better see which button has been pressed, even if you have partial visibility of the mobile.
To address these issues, Google has created an advanced security setting called Advanced PIN Privacywhich will be displayed in the settings of Security and privacy > Device lock.
This won’t completely stop someone from spying on your PIN over your shoulder, but it will it’s going to make it very difficult, since you will have to discover the pulsations from the movements of the finger. The best prevention is still to use another method when we are in public (such as biometrics), as well as to enter the code as discreetly as possible.
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