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Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an "accidental" security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. The lock ...

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the device ...

All Google Pixel phones are vulnerable to this surprisingly easy lock screen bypass. The vulnerability was found after Schutz had spent an entire day traveling and his phone battery died. On plugging ...

Google issues monthly security patches for its Pixel phones and to other Android devices via the Android Open Source Project. Each of these patches includes important fixes to protect end users from ...