There’s little doubt that keeping your personal data secure these days is pretty important, so it’s fortunate that Android gives you the encryption tools you need to secure your device right ...

Shortly after the announcement of iOS 8 in 2014, Google made headlines by saying that it would make full-device encryption mandatory for new Android devices running version 5.0. It then made more ...

Whisper Systems has jumped into the fray with WhisperCore, a new device-level encryption application for Android. As attacks on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets ...

Unlike iPhones, Android devices do not automatically encrypt the data stored on them when a passcode lock is set, but if you're running Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 or higher, it's easy to enable.

Google’s Adiantum boosts encryption for low-end devices with processors that do not have hardware support for AES. Google introduced a new storage encryption solution that it hopes will expand ...

Android's full disk encryption can be broken with brute force and some patience -- and there might not be a full fix available for today's handsets. This week, Security researcher Gal Beniamini ...

Except for crimes of passion, it’s doubtful that even semiprofessional criminals would plan a crime using a smartphone unless it was encrypted, because it’s just too simple to do. But ...

The full-disk encryption feature on Android devices relies on a randomly generated key called the device encryption key (DEK). This key is itself encrypted with another key derived from the user ...

Apple, BlackBerry and Android-based products dominate the commercial market, and those devices also tend to attract the most interest from defense users. However, encryption support varies among ...

The new Android Compatibility Definition Document for Marshmallow states: If the device implementation supports a secure lock screen... then the device MUST support fulldisk encryption [Resources ...

Apple's iPhones and iPads, and a majority of Android devices can all be encrypted. Here's what you need to know: Apple introduced device encryption with iOS 8 back in 2014. All it takes is a ...

The full-disk encryption feature on Android devices relies on a randomly generated key called the device encryption key (DEK). This key is itself encrypted with another key derived from the user ...