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 ...

While Google had touted the security of Android’s pattern unlock mechanism for securing data and information on an Android smartphone–law enforcement officials were unable to crack their way ...

If you can't unlock your Android device, there's a way to get in, but you'll need to do a factory reset.

Enabling face recognition adds an extra layer of security while making unlocking your phone fast and effortless ...

Tired of unlocking your Android phone the normal, boring way? There's an easy way to gain access without entering a PIN by using Smart Lock. Here's how.

One new study has quantified just how easy an Android-style unlock pattern—as opposed to a six-digit PIN or biometric unlock—makes the job of any over-the-shoulder snoop.

Greasy finger traces can potentially reveal the pattern used to unlock Android devices. Typing a PIN is better, a Googler concludes.

Set a simpler unlock pattern if you want to keep your Android phone secure, say security experts.