Enhanced biometric security measures

摘要

Functionality is disclosed for enhancing the security of a computing device equipped with a fingerprint input device. A pre-unlock operation is performed when a duress fingerprint is used to access a locked device. The pre-unlock operation may include one or more computer-implemented mechanisms to secure, hide, remove, move, encrypt, disassociate, communicate or modify data stored on the device and/or remote locations. In some embodiments, the pre-unlock operation may direct a device to capture information and communicate such information to remote computers contemporaneously with the receipt of a duress fingerprint.

主权项

1. A computing device configured to perform a pre-unlock operation comprising:
a processor; a memory; an input device; and at least one storage device storing or receiving a first dataset identifying at least one fingerprint and a second dataset identifying at least one fingerprint, the first dataset associated with an unlock operation, the second dataset associated with the pre-unlock operation, the at least one storage device also storing computer-executable instructions which, when loaded into the memory and executed by the processor, cause the computing device to receive an input from the input device while the computing device is in a locked state, the input comprising an input dataset identifying at least one input fingerprint, compare the input dataset with the first dataset associated with the unlock operation and the second dataset associated with the pre-unlock operation, determine that the input dataset is associated with the second dataset, and in response to determining that the input dataset is associated with the second dataset, perform the pre-unlock operation before transitioning the computing device from the locked state to the unlocked state, wherein the pre-unlock operation is selected based at least partly on one or more of data associated with a location of the computing device or data associated with a time of receiving the input.