Android could soon let you lock out users from Wi-Fi networks on shared devices

Android's upcoming Wi-Fi settings will let users turn off automatic Wi-Fi sharing between profiles, offering more granular ...

Google’s New Android Update Locks Apps On Pixel And Samsung Phones

Android Authority, which discovered this update in Android’s Canary 2512 release, says “Google may be working on a native App Lock feature for Android 17 that lets users secure specific apps without ...
Techlicious

New Android Features Guard Your Phone Whenever It’s Out of Your Hands

Android phones hold some of our most sensitive information, yet only a single lock screen code protects them against unauthorized access. If your phone is open when it's snatched, or if you hand it ...
Techlicious

New Android Virus Can Lock You Out of Your Phone and Wipe Data

With DroidLock, crooks take over a phone and threaten to delete its data if the owner doesn't pay up. Follow these steps to ...

Android Automotive will let you PIN-lock apps to keep them private from passengers

Google’s new Sensitive App Protection feature for Android Automotive lets you PIN-lock specific apps to hide them from passengers.
Droid Life

Android’s Theft Protection and Remote Lock Start Rolling Out

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Back at Google I/O, Google announced a big set of security features called Theft Protection that would be ...
Android Police

Android lock screen: Why your device's accounts are still not secure

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...
Ars Technica

Locked out of Android phone?

So my partner wakes me up this morning because her phone "has crashed". I take a look, do the reboot, battery removal etc. dance and each time when it's time to enter the password all I get at the ...