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

• Choose a pattern, PIN or password to unlock.
• Add a Smart Lock to unlock automatically when connected to a trusted device, when you're at a trusted place (such as home or work), with facial recognition, or until you set your phone down.
• You can access notifications and quick settings, start a call and launch the camera from the lock screen.
• You can 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 customise 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 and 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 centimetres), 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, only exchange information with others you know and trust.

For additional security, you can also:

• 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 mobile plan and accessing account information if your phone is stolen.
• Prevent viruses and other attacks on your data and privacy with Google Play Protect.