Android's pattern lock, which lets you unlock your phone by swiping a specific pattern across the screen, may seem more secure than a password, but that's not always the case. While Android's pattern ...

One of the main reason to apply a lock on our smartphone is to keep others away from checking our personal information. In general, every Android mobiles comes with built-in security features that ...

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 ...

Setting a password or fingerprint lock on an Android phone is a common method of protecting our essential data or private information from our eyes. However, if you forget your phone password, Android ...

Researchers have demonstrated an attack that can crack 95 percent of Android pattern locks within the five attempts allowed. The side-channel attack, devised by researchers from China and the UK, uses ...

Google is working on a native App Lock feature, and it could arrive as early as Android 17 next year. Here's how it might work!

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

After years of neglect, Google is finally bringing some widget goodness back to the Android lock screen interface, and it's ...

We here at Techlicious do a lot of reporting on how unsafe many peoples’ passwords are – using “1234,” “Password” or your dog’s name just doesn’t cut it security wise. Now, a new analysis of Android ...

"Pattern lock" is often used together with PIN code and password as unlock method of Android smartphone. However, from the analysis result based on the statistical data of the pattern lock, the ...