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Emergency disable biometric on Android?
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Interesting, but it seems like even on the lowest sensitivity, it still gets accidentally triggered a lot.
There is also an alternate app called paranoids pal on fdroid, that's new and maintained, it did not work reliable on my phone, maybe it works better for you.
And I've used private lock for years and still sometimes lock the phone accidentally, but for me the inconvenience is acceptable because of the security gained.
I tried using it. Putting my phone down on any surface would trigger it. Made my biometrics completely useless. Too sensitive on my device, even on the lowest settings :(