Locking a credit card lets you block new purchases to prevent fraud, loss, or overspending. Find out how it works, when to use it, and which issuers offer it.

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On July 1, 2026, every Nigerian who uses a fintech app will be locked to one device. The Central Bank of Nigeria's directive, issued March 12 by Musa Jimoh, Director of Payments System Policy, gives ...

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The next major version of Android could include a feature that gives users much more granular control of app notification privacy. First spotted in an early developer build of Android 17 by Android ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Jan. 13 with further updates on locking apps on Android.

Google may finally be closing one of Android’s long-standing privacy gaps, and it’s doing it in a fairly low-key way. New clues from an early Android 17 Canary build suggest that the upcoming native ...

Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...

Google is introducing a native App Lock feature for Android Automotive that lets you secure specific apps behind a PIN. Known as “sensitive app protection,” this feature allows you to lock third-party ...