For ages, my iPhone's Face ID was hit or miss. Some days it unlocked instantly, other days it failed repeatedly and forced me to type my passcode. The inconsistency was maddening, especially when my ...

Perla Shaheen is heading into her junior year at UC Berkeley and spends her spare time hiking or reading. She's been captivated by tech and all its advancements since age 10, when she got her first ...

Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen of the Wall Street Journal have published an article (paywalled) and accompanying video that describes a troubling spate of attacks reported by individuals and police ...

My 8 year old relative got hold of my iPhone and tried a few passcodes before she got locked out. She tried just three or four times, then got a black screen with the Apple logo and a progress bar. I ...

You and your best friends are sitting around the kitchen with wine in hand, updating each other about your lives. Unfortunately, you need to run to the bathroom. As you're in there, you realize ...

Is this an iOS 9.3 thing? I was just required to change my lock screen passcode within 60 minutes. And when it came back it only had me do a 4 digit whereas I was using 6. Both of which can force you ...

Something that has been bugging me for some time is that my iPhone, normally unlocked with Touch ID, asks for my passcode way more often than it ought to. That mystery has now been solved by a ...

I get a lot of shit as a tech blogger who won’t put passcode on my phone. There are several reasons I’ve elected not to: I review phones on an often-enough schedule that there’s nothing super personal ...

In a case pending before the Florida Supreme Court, the question of whether police can compel you to disclose your passcode in order to give them access to texts, emails and pictures stored in the ...