The tech may put more and more phones beyond the reach of investigators.

Android is launching a new security feature that will force devices to reboot themselves if you haven’t unlocked them for a while, making it harder for other people to access the data inside. The ...

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 ...

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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.

Devices will require users to enter their PIN after three days of inactivity. Devices will require users to enter their PIN after three days of inactivity. is a news writer focused on creative ...