You might think that using your fingerprint or face to unlock your phone is more secure than using your PIN. But you could be wrong. Hackers have developed sophisticated Android malware that can ...

A duress PIN is a secondary PIN that triggers a complete and irreversible wipe of your device, making it useless to any ...

In Android 13, when you enter the PIN to unlock your smartphone, the digits you press animate to give you feedback. While this is useful and reduces the chances of entering the wrong PIN, it also ...

Have a Motorola phone? Want to make it more secure? This secret PIN Scramble feature lets you do precisely that.

Luckily, there are ways to get around this by obtaining a SIM network unlock PIN. With this 8 or 16 digit code, you can unlock your phone from the original carrier and use it on any network you want.

The dreaded Chameleon Android malware has been upgraded to give attackers the ability to disable the fingerprint unlock feature and steal people’s PIN codes, according to cybersecurity ...

With Android 14 Beta 4, Google has added support for your PIN automatically unlocking your Pixel when you type it in on the lockscreen.