The Secure Key generates a temporary code which you then use to access mobile and online banking. To generate the code, you need a PIN or password known only by you - or you can use Touch ID, Face ID or Android Fingerprint if your device has these features. The Secure Key means only you can access your accounts.
To enable the fingerprint app lock functionality, you'll need to visit Settings > Security and privacy > App lock, then choose which apps you'd like to hide behind a fingerprint. Now, whenever you tap on a locked app, you'll be forced to authenticate using your fingerprint in order to launch said app.
Launch the HSBC Mobile Banking App from your smart phone. Select the 'Generate Security Code' button from the home screen. Select the 'Re-authentication Security Code' tab. Enter your Security Device passcode and select 'Generate.
Now, let's set up Sticky Password to use fingerprint authentication for unlock.
- Run Sticky Password. Tap the Menu button in the top left corner.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap App Protection.
- Enter your Master Password and tap Unlock.
- Tap Protection type.
- Select Fingerprint.
- Tap OK.
- You're all set!
Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode to manage these settings:
- Turn Touch ID on or off for Passcode, iTunes & App Store or Apple Pay.
- Enrol up to five fingerprints.
- Tap a fingerprint to rename it.
- Swipe to delete a fingerprint.
- Identify a fingerprint in the list by touching the Touch ID sensor.
Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode to manage these settings: Turn Touch ID on or off for Passcode, iTunes & App Store, or Apple Pay.
Can I log in with Touch ID? (Branded mobile app)
- After enabling Touch ID on your iPhone, log in to the app using your username and password.
- If Touch ID is supported, you will receive a prompt to enable the feature. Tap Yes to proceed.
- The next time you log in, simply press your finger on your iPhone's Home button to log in to the app.
You can do this by pressing the Menu button at the top and selecting “Touch ID” from the Global Menu underneath “Help & Settings”. On the following page next to the option “Sign in with your fingerprints instead of you Memorable Information”, swipe the slider to the left.
If there are no fingerprints registered on the device then fingerprint authentication for Mobile Banking will not be available. To enable Touch ID on iPhone, or Fingerprint on Android devices: within the app, navigate to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and follow the instructions.
Choose “
Settings” from the main menu then select “
Touch ID” and turn it on. The next time you tap your Mobile Banking
app you'll be prompted to scan your
fingerprint to sign in.
How do I use it?
- Tap “Settings”
- Select “Touch ID & Passcode”
- Follow the on-screen steps.
For Android Fingerprint, please refer to your specific devices instructions.
- Open the Royal Bank app.
- Tap the profile icon on the very top-right of your app home screen.
- Go into settings.
- Enable Touch ID / Android fingerprint.
Not all android phones can perform biometric scans to register or identify someone. Besides, regular fingerprint sensor found in today's smartphones are only good for unlocking your phone.
When you register a fingerprint on your Android phone, the sensor grabs the data from the scan. This encrypted fingerprint template is stored in an encrypted container either on the TEE or on your phone's encrypted storage.
Option 1: Use only PIN, pattern, or password to unlock
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Security.
- Tap Nexus Imprint.
- Scan your fingerprint or use your PIN, pattern, or password.
- Next to a fingerprint, tap Delete . Repeat for all fingerprints.
- Mix equal portions of water and liquid tempera craft paint.
- Place a dry sponge into the mixture to soak up the colored water, then squeeze it to drain excess.
- Press your finger onto the sponge to get the color on your finger, then press your finger onto a piece of paper to make a print.
The genius trick bypasses Apple's ultra-secure Face ID facial recognition scanner – but requires the victim to be asleep, unconscious or dead. Apple launched Face ID back in 2017 to make unlocking your iPhone easier. The big challenge for hackers is that Face ID won't work if you're sleeping.
Instead of having to use a fingerprint, device owners could simply point the camera at their own face and unlock their phones. Therefore, if given the opportunity to buy an Android phone that has facial unlocking or fingerprint security, if you're after safe use of your phone, it's likely better to try fingerprints.
Yes. You'll have to edit your settings under Face ID & Passcode - “Require attention for Face ID”and you should be able to unlock with your eyes closed.
As an additional protection, Face ID allows only five unsuccessful match attempts before a passcode is required. The statistical probability is different for twins and siblings that look like you and among children under the age of 13, because their distinct facial features may not have fully developed.
Face ID and Touch ID are Generally SecureThat should put things into perspective. The chance that someone could randomly pick up—or steal—your phone, and then be able to unlock it by using their fingerprint, face, or even by guessing your passcode is incredibly slim.
Masks are here to stay, but unlocking our phones all day doesn't have to be. While Face unlock is just as wonky as Face ID when wearing a mask, Android has a system in place that lets you bypass it while still respecting your phone's security and privacy.
From what we know right now, we can be pretty sure that Iris Scanner and Face ID won't hurt your eyes. If you're concerned that the IR light from your phone is bad for your eyes, then you may as well turn it off.
A fingerprint sensor for quickly unlocking your phoneWhen Apple introduced its new iPad Air, which has Touch ID built into the top button, I was hopeful that the company would bring its fingerprint-scanning tech back to the iPhone, too. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with the iPhone 12.
Apple says the model of your face never leaves your iPhone X. It does not transmit it over any network or store it in the cloud. Like your digital Touch ID fingerprint, your Face ID data is stored specifically in something called the iPhone's secure enclave.
