Device lock problem on iPhone using Touch ID
When I enable "Device lock" in the "App lock" settings on my old iPhone, it then requires TouchID, even though the device also has a PIN set. If for some reason my TouchID doesn't work (like if my hands are grubby), there's no option to switch to PIN to get in. Once "Device lock" is on, it's TouchID or you can't get in at all. Is this by design, or am I missing something?
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When you enable "Device lock" in the "App lock" settings, it uses the existing lock configured on your device, such as Face ID, Touch ID, or system password. You can select between Device lock, PIN lock, and Password lock as described at https://help.ente.io/auth/features#app-lock.
Ente Auth's lock screen acts as a barrier to prevent access to the app's contents, but it doesn't introduce cryptographic security. More information is available at https://help.ente.io/auth/faq#how-secure-is-the-lock-screen-provided-by-ente-auth.
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The device allows me to fall back to PIN if Touch ID is not available, but Auth doesn't seem to let me do that. That's the problem.
Any ideas?
From what I can see,
biometricOnly is by default set to false. @AmanRaj any idea what might be happening here?Here's a GitHub discussion around this: https://github.com/ente-io/ente/discussions/6331
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