Tag: Android Security

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome for Android could soon get support for automatic detection and filling of two-factor codes sent via SMS. Android apps have supported this functionality for years now, but this capability will be convenient ...

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Protect will soon detect when an app changes its icon, and alert users to this behavior. Malicious apps sometimes change their app icon to evade removal, so this should help in a ...

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google Password Manager for Android could get automatic passkey upgrades. This would be a major improvement over having to manually upgrade your passwords to passkeys on Android. ...

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a feature to detect bank scams that involve screen sharing. The feature will detect when you’re sharing your screen during a call and have a bank app open in the ...

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an Intrusion Detection system for Android, according to a teardown of the Play Services app. The system will collect a log of your device/network activities that can be accessed if ...

My phone is the center of my digital life, so when Android 15 added some new theft protection features, I knew I should check them out. Specifically, I wanted to test the novel Theft Detection Lock. Sure, it’s not going ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Earlier this week, many media outlets reported that Google is rolling out an auto-reboot feature to Android that automatically restarts devices that have been locked for 3 consecutive days. This auto-reboot feature was mentioned ...

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR The US government has stopped funding the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database, a standardized global system for identifying and tracking software vulnerabilities across platforms and devices, including Android. Without CVEs, Google’s monthly Android ...

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR An app teardown has revealed that Google could ask users for a security question before activating Remote Lock on Android phones. This should make for a more secure experience as Remote Lock currently requires ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority app teardown has revealed that Google is working on an inactivity reboot feature. This security feature would reboot devices if they’ve been locked for three consecutive days. This will likely be ...