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MoonlightFox Mar 20, 2025

How to protect against someone forcefully unlocking my phone and password manager with biometrics?

How to protect against someone forcefully unlocking my phone and password manager with biometrics? - Lemmy.World

I really like the convenience of using fingerprint unlock for lockscreen and password manager. I do however don’t like the thought of being forced to unlock both physically. I use Android with GrapheneOS. I have set up lockdown, but it takes some time to hold the power button and then click lockdown. Any creative solutions?

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CubitOom Mar 20, 2025

As others have said, the most secure option is to not use biometrics.

However an app like private lock might be a decent compromise

GitHub - wesaphzt/privatelock

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smeg Mar 20, 2025

Requirements - Device admin permission for locking screen.

Does this mean it requires root access (which brings additional security concerns) or just that a non-restricted user needs to set it up?

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CubitOom Mar 20, 2025

It doesn’t require root. Device admin is different.

I currently run this app on android 15 without root and it runs very well. However I just noticed that it seems to not have a new release in a few years and should probably be considered orphaned. So I might recommend ParanoidsPal-PrivacyLock instead.

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smeg

Good to know, thanks!