UPDATED: The search giant will let phone makers decide whether or not to enable encryption-by-default because of performance issues on older devices.

It is crucial to keep your data safe! Learn how to encrypt your Android smartphone and keep sensitive data and photos private.

If your device runs an earlier Android version, the Lollipop upgrade offers to enable encryption during the upgrade. Otherwise, you must manually enable it after the upgrade.

If your device runs an earlier Android version, the Lollipop upgrade offers to enable encryption during the upgrade. Otherwise, you must manually enable it after the upgrade.

Android's Messages app now has end-to-end encryption. Make sure you enable it. You can still be exposed for posting filth in the group chat, though.

Among all the different things Google is introducing in Android L, the next major version of Android, the one that will be of most interest to anyone concerned about privacy is the default setting ...

WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption for all communication, but it also offers encryption for data backups on Android and iPhone as well - just not by default.

In Android 5.0 Lollipop Google changed up the full disk encryption feature, and made our devices extremely sure. Here's how to enable it on your device.

Add a layer of privacy and security to messages in Android by using end-to-end encryption, a feature that is now out of beta.

The Washington Post is reporting that Google will finally step up security efforts on Android and enable device encryption by default. The Post has quoted company spokeswoman Niki Christoff as ...