Open Bug 1944173 Opened 1 month ago Updated 19 days ago

Add Fallback Mechanism for Failed Authentication

Categories

(Fenix :: Privacy, task)

Product:
Fenix
Component:
Privacy
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
task

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: Gela, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: [fxdroid])

Implement a fallback mechanism (e.g., allow users to switch to regular browsing or use a PIN/password if biometrics fail or are unavailable). This may be handled via the API but if not, we may have to implement it. Unclear at this point.

Blocks: 1807553

There is also a BiometricPromptFeature that is used in a couple of places. It also falls back to password auth.

It was written to be a reusable feature so it would be good to add more functionality in there to fit your use cases where needed. Upstreaming it to a new/existing android component would also allow it to be used in different places (other components or Focus) too!

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