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• Slide provides no protection, b ut lets you get to the Home
screen quickly, or open C amera and start taking pictures
immediately.
• Face Unlock lets you unlock your tablet by lo oking at it. Th is is
the least secure lock option.
TIP: Face unlock lets you u nlock your tablet b y looking
at the screen. After you se t it up, look under Set tings >
Personal > Security for two additional settin gs: Improve
face matching and Livenes s check. use these to make
Face unlock more reliabl e and secure.
• Pattern lets you d raw a simpl e pattern with your nger to un -
lock the tablet. This is sl ightly more secu re than Face unloc k.
• PIn requires four or more numb ers. Longer PiNs tend to be
more secure.
• Password requires four or more let ters or numbers . This is the
most secure option, as lo ng as you create a stron g password.
Password tips: For best security, specif y a password that is
• A least 8 characters long .
• Contains a mixture of num bers, letter s, and special sy mbols.
• doesn’t contain any rec ognizable word s or phrases.
To change when your tablet goe s to sleep, go to Set-
tings > Device > Display > Slee p.
To see your passwords when you inp ut them, go to
Settings > Personal > Sec urity > Make passwords
visible.
Settings