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 ...

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

How to unlock Android phone when you’ve lost and/or forgotten its password… Out of curiosity, have you ever wondered if there was a way to unlock your Android phone if you or anyone you know forgets ...

The study, while the first to compare shoulder surfing of PIN vs. Android unlock patterns, is not the first to measure the efficacy of both methods.

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

We asked if you’d want a duress PIN or a decoy PIN on your device. The poll results were mixed, but almost everyone wanted a new feature.