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Settings : Security & privacy
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.
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If you forgot your pattern, PIN, or password,
You can customize the lock screen by
appear on your lock
screen.
Fingerprint sensor
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.
Additional security options
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Protect your phone
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Connect to a virtual private network
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See when apps are using your microphone and camera
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Add a SIM lock
to prevent others from using your cellular plan and accessing account information if
your phone is stolen.
•
Prevent viruses
and other attacks on your data and privacy with Google Play Protect.
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.
in case it's lost or stolen. Use Find My Device.
if you need to access files on a secure network.
trusted
set your phone
follow these
steps.
info. You can also
fingerprint sensor
on your phone, instead of entering a
and block them if needed.
device, when you're at a
down.
lock
control which notifications
197
trusted
screen.
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