Android Lollipop 5.1 brings promised anti-theft “kill switch”

Android Lollipop 5.1 is out for some Nexus phones, and it comes with an anti-theft kill switch. Now you can use Android Device Protection to freeze your phone if it’s lost or stolen.

Google’s Android security chief: Don’t bother with anti-virus. Is he serious?

Google’s chief security engineer for Android, Adrian Ludwig, claims that most users shouldn’t bother with anti-virus and that security companies are overstating the problem of Android malware. Can he be serious? …