Unlocking your Android handset lets you swap networks and customize apps. Advanced security like FRP (Factory Reset Protection) may make it difficult to unlock your phone after a reset. Unlocking your ...

While Google had touted the security of Android’s pattern unlock mechanism for securing data and information on an Android smartphone–law enforcement officials were unable to crack their way into the ...

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Back in the early days of Android, people ooh-ed and aah-ed over every little thing, even the seemingly-innocuous pattern unlock feature. It appears that Google has bigger plans for that lockscreen, ...

Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an "accidental" security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. The lock ...

Fingerprint security is becoming a standard feature on many Android devices, but there's still plenty of people who rely on the trust pattern lock. If you're one of those people you might want to go ...

Sturnus, an emerging Android banking trojan, bypasses encryption on messaging apps to capture user credentials. It employs ...