Jack Wallen walks you through the process of adding a SIM PIN to help prevent anyone from accessing precious account information or using your data plan. You can protect the data on your phone to the ...

Android 17 beta 2, which rolled out last month, included strings for a new automatic SIM lock protection feature. The latest Android Canary build brings this feature, showing it off in action. This ...

SIM PINs help protect you from attackers intercepting 2FA codes. Manually entering the PIN on boot can get annoying, though. With Android 17, Google is building a new system for letting the phone ...

In a new scam that's generically being called "mobile hacking" and more accurately termed "SIM hijacking," BuzzFeed reports criminals are now able to breach your financial accounts with as little as ...

Your phone's SIM card allows the device to make calls, send texts, and connect to the internet. The SIM card provides a phone number that identifies your device on the carrier's network, whether it's ...

According to a new reader survey, a large portion of respondents choose not to secure their SIM cards using a PIN.

The new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 requires a nano SIM card for you to place calls, access the Internet, download applications, and share photos over your network service ...

Editor’s note: We’ve discovered a solution far simpler than setting a SIM PIN, so we’ve updated this story accordingly. A week ago, Ars Technica reported on a flaw within Apple’s iMessaging system.

Android 17 Beta 2 just dropped, and as you might expect, people are already diving in to see what's new. Of course, others are diving in even further, analyzing code to see what might eventually ...