diff --git a/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js b/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { logOutActionTypes, useLogOut } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
+import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
+import { accountHasPassword } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
+import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
+import { useSelector } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
+import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
+
+import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
+
+function BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler() {
+  const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
+  const callLogOut = useLogOut();
+
+  const isAccountWithPassword = useSelector(state =>
+    accountHasPassword(state.currentUserInfo),
+  );
+  const hasAccessToken = useSelector(state => !!state.commServicesAccessToken);
+  const dataLoaded = useSelector(state => state.dataLoaded);
+
+  const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (hasAccessToken || !dataLoaded || !usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!isAccountWithPassword) {
+      void dispatchActionPromise(logOutActionTypes, callLogOut());
+      Alert.alert(
+        'Security update',
+        'Unfortunately, we must log you out as we perform an update to our system.',
+        [{ text: 'OK' }],
+      );
+    }
+  }, [
+    callLogOut,
+    dataLoaded,
+    dispatchActionPromise,
+    hasAccessToken,
+    isAccountWithPassword,
+    pushModal,
+  ]);
+}
+
+export default BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler;
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import ChatContextProvider from './chat/chat-context-provider.react.js';
 import MessageEditingContextProvider from './chat/message-editing-context-provider.react.js';
 import AccessTokenHandler from './components/access-token-handler.react.js';
+import BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler from './components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js';
 import ConnectFarcasterAlertHandler from './components/connect-farcaster-alert-handler.react.js';
 import { FeatureFlagsProvider } from './components/feature-flags-provider.react.js';
 import PersistedStateGate from './components/persisted-state-gate.js';
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@
                                                   }
                                                 />
                                                 <VersionSupportedChecker />
+                                                <BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler />
                                                 <PrekeysHandler />
                                                 <ReportHandler />
                                                 <FarcasterDataHandler />