To keep your phone secure, use a screen lock when it goes to sleep:

• Set up a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your phone.
• Set up facial recognition if you want to unlock with your face.
• Keep your phone unlocked when you're at a trusted place like home or work, when you're connected to a trusted device like your car audio system, or until you set your phone down.

When your phone is locked, you can:

• Access notifications and quick settings, start a call, and open the camera from the lock screen.
• Make emergency calls on a locked phone. A locked phone still rings; you don't need to unlock it to answer.

If you forgot your pattern, PIN, or password, follow these steps.

You can customize the lock screen by adding your contact info. You can also control which notifications appear on your lock screen.

Quickly and easily verify your identity using the fingerprint sensor on your phone, instead of entering a password, PIN, or pattern to unlock the phone, make online and in-store purchases, and sign into banking and financial apps.

You can add and remove fingerprints.

Fingerprints:

• Are created from features of your fingertip, converted to a mathematical representation, and then encrypted and stored only on the phone. No fingerprint images are ever stored.
• Are never shared with Google or Motorola.
• Are never shared with other apps. Your phone only shares the verification, not the fingerprint.

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that lets you quickly exchange information between your phone and other NFC-enabled smartphones, smart accessories, and smart posters. You can also use NFC to tap & pay with your phone.

When you use NFC to communicate with other devices, you do so securely:

• NFC only works over a short range (a few centimeters), so it's unlikely that you'll connect by mistake. In order to snag your NFC signal, an eavesdropper would need to be uncomfortably close to you. And you would still have to accept the connection before sending or receiving information.
• Your phone uses the latest security, encryption, and authentication features to protect your personal information.
• You can turn off NFC when you’re not using it. But even when NFC is ON, it's automatically disabled when your phone display is locked.

Along with these safeguards, exchange information only with others you know and trust.

• Protect your phone in case it’s lost or stolen. Use Find My Device.
• Connect to a virtual private network if you need to access files on a secure network.
• Add a SIM lock to prevent others from using your cellular plan and accessing account information if your phone is stolen.
• Prevent viruses and other attacks on your data and privacy with Google Play Protect.