Encrypt the data on your tablet or smartphone to ensure it can't be accessed if your device is stolen or left behind when you trade it in.

Mobile devices hold personal data that's subject to theft or being left behind when you trade in your device. Here's how to secure your data with encryption.

Both iPhones and Androids are encrypted by default. But there are steps you can take to safeguard your data on backups and messaging apps.

Reasons not to encrypt your Android device Encrypting your phone may seem like a no-brainer, but there are a few reasons why you may want to hold off. The method is slightly different for each device.

Enabling encryption on your Apple phone or tablet is easier than you think.

FRANKFURT - A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls ...

A German computer scientist publishes details of the secret code used to encrypt the majority of mobile phone conversations.