Unlike device encryption, which required you wipe the phone to remove it, SD card encryption can easily be reversed in the Settings menu.

It is crucial to keep your data safe! Learn how to encrypt your Android smartphone and keep sensitive data and photos private.

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.

As attacks on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets have surged in recent months, security researchers and customers have continued to look for ways to lock down their ...

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.

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.

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 ...