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Sorry to burst your bubble but this is very prevalent at the moment in London, the most likely scenario of getting your phone nicked tbh
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But they would have to nick it and keep it unlocked whilst evading capture, right? So are we talking about a ride by on a moped with a pillion passenger who grabs it and keeps the phone alive?
I think this is more done so that they can use Apple/Google pay.
Agreed it's an edge case but all my banking apps, password manager, 2FA app, etc require a fingerprint/password. Seems surprising that it isn't an option for gmail.
Edit: Looks like it is an option on Outlook, just not Gmail app.
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I am a bit confused about the risk vector in question here.
Is the concern that your phone (that is presumably set up with biometric security to use) is stolen whilst you are using it and the thief then uses it in its unlocked state to access your email and reset passwords to Amazon or whatever, or somehow access your bank?
I suppose that is a valid concern, but is quite a rare happenstance, isn't it, that it gets nicked from your hand whilst unlocked?
If that happens then they have access directly to your Monzo and Amazon account anyway.
But they would have to nick it and keep it unlocked whilst evading capture, right? So are we talking about a ride by on a moped with a pillion passenger who grabs it and keeps the phone alive?
All seems very unlikely to me.
Perhaps setting a stupidly short screen lock timeout is what you need?