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

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 ...

Android has required that smartphones support storage encryption since Android 6 in 2015, but low-end devices have remained exempt because the demand would significantly impact performance.

Starting Android Q, all Android devices are required to encrypt user's data, no questions asked. That includes all Android incarnations like Wear OS, Android TV, and Android Automotive.

After considering full device encryption for Android 5.0 phones and tablets earlier this year, Google has decided to enforce the requirement with Android 6.0. New phones shipping with Android 6.0 ...

Why wait for the Android L to have an encrypted Android device? Here's how to encrypt many Android devices in just five easy steps.

Android's Full Disk Encryption (FDE), first implemented in Android 5.0, randomly generates a 128-bit master key and 128-bit salt to protect user data. The master key, also known as the Device ...

Since Android 10, all new devices use file-based encryption. For older devices on an older OS, you might have optional encryption, but it isn't enabled by default.

WhatsApp's beta for Android adds a passkey feature to let users secure on-device backups with passkeys, stored in password ...

Device manufacturers use “platform certificates” to verify an app’s authenticity, making them particularly dangerous in the wrong hands.

“Due to performance issues on some Android partner devices, we are not yet at encryption by default on every new Lollipop device,” Google said in a statement to Engadget.

The Washington Post is reporting that Google will finally step up security efforts on Android and enable device encryption by default. The Post has quoted company spokeswoman Niki Christoff as ...