About this app

Hideez Lock Allows to Log into Computer Using a Smartphone

Hideez Lock requires additional installation of a client on PC (Mac/Windows) from https://hideez.com/hideez-lock/.

Hideez Lock is an application which is NOT intended to work with Hideez Key.

Biometric Security
Lock and unlock your computer with your fingerprint on your smartphone

Remote Control
You can lock and unlock your computer at a range convenient to you

Multi-OS
No matter which operating system you have, your phone is your key for any Computer.

Safe Connection
Connection with a smartphone is done simultaneously over Bluetooth and the Internet

Access Worldwide
Control your PC or Mac access remotely from any place of the world

Log in at a distance
You can log in and check a current status of your remote computer anywhere in the world

Multiple Computers
You can control status, logins to many Laptops and Desktops on a single screen

Hideez Lock App is intended to supplement existing methods of user authentication and includes a smartphone as one of the factors of authorization. With the benefit of Hideez Lock users can go through the identification on a smartphone in a convenient way for them, after which the smartphone unlocks the personal computer.

The Hideez Lock allows using crypto-resistant strong logon password without the need to remember it. Just input it at the beginning. To access the computer, the user operates his "trusted" smartphone and, for example, its biometric authentication. As a result, the encrypted password will be decrypted and transferred to the operating system. Hideez lock allows a user not to be responsible for choosing and storing complex passwords.

Key Features of Hideez Lock:
• Proximity measurement between the user and the computer with Bluetooth signal level;
• Providing remote access to computer to anyone in a way that the person does not know the real password;
• Automatically lock the computer as soon as the user leaves it;
• The user password is not stored, transmitted, or used in an open form.

Minimum Requirements:
Computer and Smartphone should be connected to the Internet.
Bluetooth 4.0 LE enabled on Computer and Smartphone for Proximity Lock feature.
Windows version 8.1+ (For Proximity Lock feature: Windows 10 Creators Update+)
MacOS version 10.11+
Android version 5.0+

About Hideez Technology
Hideez Group strives to provide the world with hardware and software solutions that ensure personal and digital security. The company was established in 2014, by a team of seasoned hardware specialists with more than 10 years of experience in creating successful solutions. Its flagship hardware product, the Hideez Key, saw great international acclaim and is supported by the cloud-based Hideez ecosystem. For more information, visit hideez.com.

New features

- Fixed bug with crash
- Fixed UI bugs

App Permissions

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.