by dbadmin | Nov 9, 2021 | Android Security, Fingerprint scanner, News, Survey
Credit: Ryan-Thomas Shaw / Android Authority In-display fingerprint sensors have been around for almost four years, dating back to the likes of Vivo and Huawei in 2018. These first efforts were pretty slow and prone to scanning errors, but everyone from Samsung and...
by dbadmin | Nov 7, 2021 | Android Security, Features
Facial recognition on personal use devices like smartphones and laptops has become increasingly common. The concept seems downright futuristic on the surface — most of us used a PIN, password, or pattern to unlock our devices only a few years ago. However, even with...
by dbadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Android Security, Password Manager, Promoted
Nobody likes to think about managing their passwords at work all day. If they tell you otherwise, they’re probably lying to you. That, or they’re just not familiar with a password manager that’s up to snuff. Enter 1Password — one of the best ways to get you and your...
by dbadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Android, Android Security, News
Credit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority A newly discovered Android Trojan known as “GriftHorse” probably made away with millions of dollars. The Trojan asks you to enter your phone number to win a prize. That “prize” is a recurring subscription to a useless service. We...
by dbadmin | Sep 27, 2021 | Android apps, Android Security, Promoted
Reverse engineering and tampering attacks threaten every mobile app, yet many apps apply basic code hardening techniques (or none at all!) to defend against these attempts. In fact, research has shown that half of the world’s leading financial services apps on the...
by dbadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Android, Android 12, Android Security, News, Privacy
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Private Compute Services will allow secure machine learning enhancements for Android 12’s Private Compute Core. This involves an intermediate security framework between the Core and the cloud. It’s not clear when Services...
