When you are going to enter a password on your OnePlus mobile , by default the characters that are typed are seen for a short period of time until they later change to the famous asterisk symbol that protects passwords from being seen. It may seem secure, but it’s not completely secure, because if there is someone close to you who pays close attention, they can end up discovering your password.
However, you can still do something so that your device does not show the characters you are entering at any time and only shows the famous asterisk when you type it . Thus, even if another person notices, since they do not look very well at the keys you are pressing, they will not be able to discover your password. This is especially important because with it you protect many of your services, your own mobile or even the hidden applications in OnePlus.
Deactivating this function and making sure that nobody spies on you is much easier than you imagine, it will take less than a minute , and we are going to tell you how you can do it so that your password is only shown with asterisks from the first moment. It is a very simple trick to carry out on your OnePlus and you can reverse it whenever you want.
How to stop showing the password
To disable the function that shows passwords in OnePlus, what you should do is this:
- Open your phone’s Settings
- Click on the privacy section (it can also be in the Security and fingerprint section)
- Check to disable the Show passwords option
- Now the characters of your password will be seen with an asterisk (*)
How to see passwords again
If you regret it and want the characters to be displayed briefly while you are typing them because it is more comfortable and easy for you to discover if you have typed the password correctly while you are typing it, you just have to follow the same route and activate this option. It may be that you miss a key, that you tend to get confused between certain characters or you have mistyped the password for one of your services without realizing what you are doing wrong because you think you have done it right.
To access this information again you just have to undo what you have done:
- Go to your phone’s Settings
- Scroll down to Privacy
- Enable the Show passwords option (make it checked)
- Now the characters of your password will be seen briefly
What does it mean to disable this function
Disabling this feature of showing passwords will increase the security of your computer and your own privacy . No one will be able to know what your password is by looking at the mobile screen from close up or from a distance.
In addition, you will also protect your mobile in case there is someone who may have taken control of your mobile to see what is happening on its screen with a remote connection, who will not access this information in any case.
In this way, they will not be able to take the opportunity to know how to enter your email, your Amazon account or any other service you use to see your data, what you do there or even perform any action, such as making a purchase that you do not want. Managing your passwords for your greater security is very important, and this small action will help you.
In addition, we recommend that you use a more secure password , long, with letters, capital letters, numbers and some character, and that you change the passwords of your mobile and services that you use on it frequently to further increase the security of your smartphone and everything. what you do with it.
