As time goes by, the physical storage of our computers, mobiles or tablets gradually gives way to cloud storage . Almost without us noticing, we ended up relying on these services to protect our most important files, our memories in the form of photos or videos, or the data of the applications that are on our phones. However, in this process many of us have become more unconcerned.
And it is that when uploading our files to that gigantic network of servers that makes up what we call “the cloud”, we should not only take into account the security of the provider of these services. We should also ensure that on our side the risk of someone accessing this data without our permission is minimal. In the case of Apple, for example, it has been necessary for some time to use two-step verification to use the Apple ID.
But the users of an iPhone or an iPad do not only use iCloud. We also use other platforms such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox ... and from now on, one of them will have an extra security layer on our devices. Thanks to the latest update to the Google Drive app for iOS, it is now possible to use Touch ID or Face ID to restrict access to our virtual drive. And all thanks to the Privacy Screen function.
As indicated by the name itself, this new feature will allow us to use Face ID or Touch ID to protect our Google Drive. It will only be necessary to activate it from the app settings, where we will find the Privacy screen option . Of course, it is important to note that this function will not prevent notifications from appearing, the use of Siri shortcuts or other functions integrated in iOS.
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Once this new security measure is activated, every time we try to access the Google Drive app we will be asked for identification using Face ID or Touch ID . We can even configure the time it will take to block the application each time the screen is turned off or we go to the start menu from it. A whole step forward for Google Drive users on iOS.
The article Now you can protect Google Drive with Face ID or Touch ID was first published on iPadizate.
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