Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Starting in Android 4.4, Google implemented verified boot (known as dm-verity) in the Android kernel to prevent malware from hiding in your device. This was all behind the scenes until Android 6.0 ...

Verified boot has been a part of Android since version 4.4 KitKat, but Nougat will begin strictly enforcing it in order to keep malware and rootkits at bay. See also: Seagate unveils world's largest ...

Ever since KitKat, Android has verified your device's boot process to make sure that rootkits and other forms of malware don't operate undetected. However, it hasn't ...

A researcher has unlocked the bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S4 Android devices, enabling the uploading of custom kernels and software. Those of you who like to tinker and jailbreak Android phones ...