A thief could always guess my PIN, not my fingerprint ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Losing a smartphone is no longer just about losing an expensive device. A phone can contain private photos, banking apps, ...

Android 17 introduces biometric authentication for the “Mark as lost” feature, ensuring that even if a thief has your PIN, they cannot disable device tracking or regain access to your phone.

Usually, you don’t want people poking around on your device. There are ways to stop this, including biometrics and passcodes, but Android users don’t have many privacy options once someone — whether ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves. These updated Android theft protection features ...

Google is adding a security question to Remote Lock to prevent unauthorized use. Remote Lock previously only required a phone number from your Google account, making it easy to exploit. The new ...