Gotta Be Mobile

Pattern Unlock on Android Can Be Cracked Without Rooting Phone

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 into the ...
Mashable

Guessing your Android unlock pattern is way too easy

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6825150d) Motorola MotoG4, Sony Xperia XA, OnePlus A3000 This, photo shows a Motorola MotoG4, right, a ...
Mashable

Android Pattern Lock might be vulnerable to (very determined) thieves

Imagine unlocking your phone in a cafe, unaware that a hacker is secretly videotaping you. Theoretically, they could crack your Android code by analyzing your hand movements with computer vision ...
ZDNet

Don't use Android pattern lock to protect secrets, researchers warn

Researchers have demonstrated an attack that can crack 95 percent of Android pattern locks within the five attempts allowed. The side-channel attack, devised by researchers from China and the UK, uses ...
Android Authority

Android pattern unlock method once again found to be easily exploited

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 ...