Smartphones have become a major part of our life and companies are forever striving to improve your privacy and security. One such new technology is Factory Reset Protection Lock or FRP lock for short ...

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Google introduced FRP in Android 5.1 and later to prevent unauthorized access after a factory reset. It restricts device unlocking and setup to the original owner using their Google account. This ...

For anyone who is locked out of their mobile due to FRP, the experience can quickly turn from frustrating to overwhelming. It hit an all-time low when the hope of getting the needed Google account ...

Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an “accidental” security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. The lock ...

Security researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have shown that they can extract photos, surfing history, and contact lists from Android smartphones, even if the phone is ...

A new variant of Chameleon Android malware has been found in the wild with new features, notable among them the ability to bypass fingerprint locks. The Chameleon Android banking trojan first entered ...

Google's December 2017 Android Security Bulletin contains a fix for a vulnerability that allows malicious actors to bypass app signatures and inject malicious code into Android apps. Discovered by the ...