cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/29758710
Google is not entitled to my personal banking information or any other PII! WTF if I go to a store and want to buy I will.
We think someone has been using your fingerprint. Have you considered submitting your DNA so we know it’s you?
no need. just get arrested for (not convicted of) a felony and they will do that part for you
or have some idiot family member who thought 23 & me was a novel and fun idea
I’m sorry the latter is personal experience
I’m all for not giving more data points where it’s not needed, but is this as bad it seems? All biometric data remains stored on the device, it isn’t sent to Google, or any app for that matter, that’s how the API works
Smartphones are the biggest spyware. I prefer to lick my elbow before storing sensitive data in these devices or using it with banking or medical apps.
I prefer to carry my laptop with it. I mostly use my phone as a mobile router.
The less you do on your phone, the better.
Good ol’ Nokia 3350 times
Just ignore this.
The major downside of biometrics is that if you get caught, they can force your finger on the phone or force you to look at the front camera.
Yep. I don’t allow biometrics to unlock my devices for this reason. Purchase something? Sure thing! Unlock? Hell no.
If you know you’re about to be in a shady place, you can do a quick restart or lockdown mode on both Android and iPhone. So you still get to use biometrics, but turn it off when you know you might be in some shit soon.
What about when authorities are waiting for you and grab your hands to keep you from altering any devices? I prefer the extra confidence of having it off permanently.
Yeah, there’s that concern, especially with how students and professionals rn are being snatched away in America.
I still use fingerprint but I totally understand why people turn it off entirely. Just noting for those who might want it on.
There is hardware level security used to perform the authentication and holds your biometric data locally. If you get a new phone, you have to re-add your fingerprints. Assuming the hardware security is impenetrable by software, it’s safe.
But that’s not an assumption we can make any more; the security landscape is very dynamic right now. You cannot be too careful.
We all live with constant risk of whose good reputation will be squandered next for a price. Or that AI will revolutionize hacking. Or that quantum computing will break the security. Or that [insert exporting nation here] modified the chip before it shipped for assembly, circumventing the manufacturers entirely. Never mind all the political factors!
Admittedly, I don’t go about my life considering any of this, but I’m not a big privacy hawk either. I gave most of my personal data away as a kid and I go about my life assuming it’s already out there. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose, at least so far fingers crossed
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That wasn’t a question.
Temporary workaround — close Play store, turn off data & wifi, open Play store and then connect to network.
Don’t give anything to Google.
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if you browse the play store on a web browser you can open app links directly to bypass this. for now.
I don’t have it turned on and I’ve never seen this screen. How did you get there?
