Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also making it increasingly difficult to remove them ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Update: Republished on May 11 with new coverage of Google’s deletion ...

Apps for Android phones are plentiful and easy to download. But once you've downloaded an app it doesn't mean it has to live ...

Countless apps enter the Google Play Store every day. Play Protect scans them for harmful behavior, and the company removes the harmful ones. However, some slip through detection and gain entry to ...

Tamping down on preinstalled garbage on an Android is a tradition as old as the OS itself. Unlike Apple, which tightly controls both the hardware and software of its smartphones, Android phones aren't ...

A stark new warning has just been issued, as a “a global threat exploiting social engineering” tricks its way onto more than 8 million phones. Beware, if you fall victim it could prove devastatingly ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...