Android secures your device by asking you for a PIN, pattern, or full password. What happens if you forget the security method you set up? If you're lucky, you can get back in easily—but that may not ...

There was a time, long ago, when all a phone was designed for was for us to make calls, send off a few texts and play a few games of Snake. But today, when so much of our data-rich lives live inside ...

Smartphones today compete over which can best secure your secrets. They encrypt your data, store the digital keys to unlock themselves on specialized hardware, and even offer fancy biometrics from ...

Every modern smartphone comes with some sort of lock screen security to keep the device and its contents secure from the prying eyes from gaining access to your data. Also Read: Samsung Galaxy Folder ...

Locking your Android smartphone with a password, PIN or unlock pattern is your first defense against those who would use it for malicious purposes like stealing your info or sending joke texts to your ...

Passwords have all kinds of letters, symbols, and capitalization can make a difference. This format makes them very secure. Meanwhile, a lock pattern is pretty much the making of a shape, and the ...

Android unlock patterns might be fun to use, but they're not that secure. A recent study from the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County revealed that it's incredibly easy ...

If you have an Apple or an Android phone—and you probably do—you have the option of locking your phone using a PIN code. With most of these phones, you can choose a four-digit PIN or a six-digit PIN.

How to reset your Android lock screen password/PIN/pattern Your email has been sent Google has dramatically changed its tune on bypassing the Android lock screen. If ...

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The study conducted by the University of British Columbia was presented last month at ‘CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems’ in Glasgow, Scotland. “As researchers working to protect ...