Android's pattern lock, which lets you unlock your phone by swiping a specific pattern across the screen, may seem more secure than a password, but that's not always the case. While Android's pattern ...

You probably know that using a PIN like 1234 or 0000 to secure your phone isn't a good idea. You can skip the PIN altogether and use an unlock pattern on Android... but it turn out those might not be ...

The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts – and more complicated patterns are the easiest to crack, security experts reveal.

Scientists from universities in China and the UK have published research that details a novel method that breaks Android's pattern lock system based on videos of people entering their patterns from ...

We here at Techlicious do a lot of reporting on how unsafe many peoples’ passwords are – using “1234,” “Password” or your dog’s name just doesn’t cut it security wise. Now, a new analysis of Android ...

Lancaster University, Northwest University in China and University of Bath have built their own vision algorithm software that can decode even the most secure pattern lock in just one attempt. The ...

Nowadays, smartphones are more than just compact devices made for calling or chatting with others. They’re portable computers, and at the same time, they’re extensions of our lives. A smartphone holds ...

In this modern age of smartphones, mobile banking, security apps, PayPal, Electronic Wallets, websites and even Starbucks, we are inundated with passwords. In the old days, before wireless mobile ...

If you’ve ever seen your friend unlock his or her phone with a pattern lock and thought, “I could hijack that phone,” you were probably right. A new study suggests that nearby observers can suss out ...

New research into phone security has found an alarming number of Android users using easy to predict screen lock patterns. Bad patterns are comparable to obvious passwords, such as "1234567". Lock ...

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 your ...