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Settings : Security & location
About security
Screen lock options
To keep your phone secure, use a screen lock when it goes to sleep:
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Set up a pattern, PIN, or password
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Add a Smart Lock to unlock automatically when connected to a
place
(like home or work), with
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You can access notifications and quick settings, start a call, and open the camera from the
•
You can
make emergency calls
to answer.
•
If you forgot your pattern, PIN, or password,
You can customize the lock screen by
appear on your lock
screen.
Fingerprint sensor
Only some versions of this phone, sold in certain countries, support this feature.
Quickly and easily verify your identity using the
password, PIN, or pattern to unlock the phone, make online and in-store purchases, and sign into banking
and financial apps.
You can
add and remove
Fingerprints:
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Are created from features of your fingertip, converted to a mathematical representation, and then
encrypted and stored only on the phone. No fingerprint images are ever stored.
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Are never shared with Google or Motorola.
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Are never shared with other apps. Your phone only shares the verification, not the fingerprint.
Note: A fingerprint screen lock may be less secure than a strong pattern or PIN lock. It is possible to
unlock the phone using a physical copy of a matching fingerprint.
NFC transfers
NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that lets you quickly
information
between your phone and other NFC-enabled smartphones, smart accessories, and smart
posters. You can also use NFC to
When you use NFC to communicate with other devices, you do so securely:
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NFC only works over a short range (a few centimeters), so it's unlikely that you'll connect by mistake. In
order to snag your NFC signal, an eavesdropper would need to be uncomfortably close to you. And you
would still have to accept the connection before sending or receiving information.
•
Your phone uses the latest security, encryption, and authentication features to protect your personal
information.
to unlock your phone.
facial
recognition, or until you
on a locked phone. A locked phone still rings; you don't need to unlock it
adding your contact
fingerprints.
tap & pay
with your phone.
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set your phone
follow these
steps.
info. You can also
fingerprint sensor
on your phone, instead of entering a
device, when you're at a
down.
lock
control which notifications
exchange
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