Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Precluding Entry of Authentication Codes in Multi-Person Environments

A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

• detecting, with a biometric sensor of the electronic device, a user authentication failure by the biometric sensor;
• determining, with one or more other sensors of the electronic device, that two or more persons are within a predefined environment of the electronic device;
• and
• when the two or more persons are within the predefined environment, precluding, with one or more processors, entry of a user authentication code at a user interface of the electronic device to authenticate a person as an authorized user of the electronic device.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a user interface;
• a biometric sensor and one or more other sensors;
• and
• one or more processors operable with the user interface, the biometric sensor, and the one or more other sensors;
• the one or more processors, in response to detecting a user authentication failure by the biometric sensor, determining with the one or more other sensors that two or more persons are within a field of view of the user interface, and where the two or more persons are within the field of view of the user interface, precluding entry of any user authentication code at the user interface to authenticate a person as an authorized user of the electronic device.