Android (rooted): Pattern Unlock is just one of the ways you can keep your Android protected. It's a pretty secure option, but to make things a bit tougher, this Xposed module can increase the grid ...

Since 2008, Google has offered a pattern unlock feature in its Android operating system. Pattern unlock remains a unique part of the Android experience -- you won't find the feature on any other ...

Android devices offer a “pattern unlock” feature as a security measure, but it may not be as safe as users think. A study from the US Naval Academy found it is easy to “shoulder surf” and remember a ...

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 ...

Greasy finger traces can potentially reveal the pattern used to unlock Android devices. Typing a PIN is better, a Googler concludes. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Add an additional layer of protection on your Android smartphone with a pattern lock which is a combination of moves between a grid of nine dots which is used as a password. Security for a smartphone ...

Pattern Lock is a bespoke security feature that comes with the latest models of Android enabled devices. To access a device the user’s finger makes a particular pattern by crisscrossing over a series ...

Researchers have found a new way to quickly break into smartphones which employ the pattern unlock method. By using a computer vision algorithm to trace a person’s finger on a phone display, the ...

Android users: Here's a clever solution to a security problem you probably never knew you had. Earlier this week Whisper Systems, the mobile security startup founded by well-known hacker Moxie ...