Unlock your computer with your phone's fingerprint? This app makes it happen at zero cost

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Have you ever counted how many times you unlock your computer in a day? How many times have you mistyped your password, which you memorize by heart like your commute time, because you typed it a little too long or forgot to capitalize it? For me, it’s a lot, especially on Mondays.

It's 2020, but most people still use the same methods to unlock their computers as they did in the last century. Compared to fingerprint unlocking and FaceID on mobile phones, typing passwords on the keyboard is really too weak. So today I'm going to give you some "earthly" tricks. You can upgrade your computer unlocking method from typing on the keyboard to fingerprint unlocking without spending any money (but you need some auxiliary tools, see below).

Fingerprint unlocking computer, the protagonist is this APP

It is actually very simple to implement this upgrade. You only need to install the “remote unlocking APP” on a “mobile phone that supports fingerprint recognition” and a “computer” (the new version already supports remote unlocking over the public network).

In addition to the unlocking function, this APP also supports remote computer power on/off, standby, screen lock and other operations using a mobile phone (supports adding multiple devices, you can unlock the workstation computer at work, and prevent your children from peeking at the password at home, with MAX scenario coverage).

At the same time, the APP has added a WWiFi P2P function (similar to Android's "WiFi Direct" or iOS's "Airdrop"), which enables file transfer without the phone being disconnected from the Internet, but the speed will be slower than APPs such as Kuaiya that use compatible mode technology.

Step-by-step instruction, so you can set it up

In addition to installing the "Remote Unlock APP" on the phone, we also need to install the corresponding client on the computer (click me>>Windows/Linux/MacOS<<click me). Let's take the Windows system as an example. After installing the client on the computer according to the process, lock the computer screen. The "Fingerprint Unlock" account will appear in the account option bar in the lower right corner. Click it to view the QR code used for connection.

Open the mobile app, select "QR Code" in the "Add Device" TAB to scan the QR code just displayed on the computer; enter the computer's login account and password in the pop-up prompt box (if a Microsoft account is set up on the computer, use the Microsoft account and password), add it to the app to complete the basic settings.

Lock the computer again, then click "Start Verification" in the "Unlock Device" tab of the mobile app, and press your fingerprint to unlock the computer. Now it's the computer's turn to say to those who unlock by raising their wrists or approaching to unlock: you are really weak.

Regarding some users' questions about account security, the developer explained in the privacy agreement:

This app account has security protection function, please keep your username and password information safe. This app will encrypt user passwords (app description shows SSL protocol) and other security measures to ensure that your information is not lost, abused or altered. Despite the above security measures, please also note that there is no "perfect security measure" on the information network.

If there is anything wrong with this app, it is probably that it is easy to forget the password if you use it too much.