Android's screen locks are great — they keep your phone secured from prying eyes, prevent your personal data like pictures, bank accounts, and social media apps from being accessed, and make you feel ...

WhatsApp offers several features to offer users a private and secure messaging experience. The ability to lock your WhatsApp is one of the features that limits who can open WhatsApp and access your ...

Want to play uninterrupted YouTube videos, but suddenly you are back to the home screen, or the video skips to another? That’s a common situation with touchscreen phones. The only way to avoid this ...

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So you want a smart lock. Maybe you want to lock your door without leaving the bed, or maybe you prefer key codes instead of keeping track of physical keys. Smart locks are great for these things, but ...

1. Open Settings on your iPhone. 2. Scroll down and tap Display & Brightness. 3. Tap on Auto-Lock. 4. Choose your preferred time period after which the iPhone screen should lock automatically. Options ...

no one likes a snooper, especially on your phone. With iOS 18, Apple now offers the ability to lock and hide certain apps on your device. Whenever you want to access the app, you have to input a ...

Whether you work in an office full of people, or you have roommates, or you just don’t want anyone snooping on your computer, it’s a good idea to always lock your PC when you aren’t using it. Now, ...

In this post, we’ll show you how to lock your Windows 11 PC remotely using an Android phone. Microsoft is rolling out a new update to the Link to Windows app that now includes the ability to remotely ...

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