We weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of using a smart lock over a traditional key-based security system.

AT&T today said that customers can activate Wireless Account Lock, a new feature that will prevent unauthorized changes to a ...

Android’s new Theft Detection Lock uses Google’s AI to determine when your phone has been snatched from your hand. If it detects this, the phone’s screen will automatically be locked.

Here’s a friendly holiday reminder that if you’re going to hand your phone to a stranger to take your photo, at least make sure your phone is locked. We’ve all done it. You’… ...

With smartphone cameras boasting more impressive hardware than ever before, Android phones need a physical camera button to support them.

Donald Trump still hasn’t changed his bizarre phone lock screen, and the internet is poking fun at how “on-brand” it is for the president. The discourse began after photos of Trump holding his phone ...

This is where the differences between physical phone and softphone for business become stark. The former have very little flexibility or mobility, given that your employee is anchored to their desk.

Schütz discovered anyone with physical access to a Google Pixel phone could swap in their own SIM card and enter its preset recovery code to bypass the Android’s operating system’s lock ...

It has come to this: We lack the willpower to stay off our phones, and we need physical barriers to stop us from using them. Enter Yondr, a maker of little bags for locking up your phone. At ...

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the ...

Android lock screen bypass: How it works The Android lock screen bypass is relatively simple. Basically, anyone who has physical access to the phone and an extra SIM card can do it.

An attacker would definitely need physical access to the phone and some time with it to perform this hack, so it's not something that could happen while the iPhone is in your pocket.