Surprise! People choose predictable Android lockscreen patterns

New research studying how people create lockscreen patterns suggests that they aren’t a secure alternative to passcodes at all.

“Towelroot” app makes it easy to root Galaxy S5 and other locked Androids…

Galaxy S5 users will be cheering. System administrators are probably groaning. Paul Ducklin looks at an Android-era variant of Hamlet’s dilemma: “To root or not to root, that is the question.”