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The "Secure Folder" feature on my samsung phone is my "private space" and I'm fairly careful of it. For those without a samsung it's basically an encrypted san
by senectus1 5y ago
The "Secure Folder" feature on my samsung phone is my "private space" and I'm fairly careful of it.
For those without a samsung it's basically an encrypted sandbox environment.
sure its not perfect but it is a good way to wall of a private environment for yourself.
- 3np 5y agoGiven how Samsung compromise every other nook and cranny of Galaxy phones, I wouldn't have any expectations of this being actually secure or private. This is my own conclusion after owning several Galaxy devices and eventually giving up trying to get them secure. At this point, they can't be trusted more than Xiaomi or Huawei.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoPrecicely this. I have zero faith in Samsung's security.
- hoppla 5y agoI previously owned a Samsung, and got confused by the Fort Knox feature. The description of the feature said that only I could access it, but required me to sign up for an Samsung account to use it. I never understood why I needed an online account to use an offline feature, and it also said I needed to register in case I forgot the password and would need to regain access. I was determined not to have a Samsung account to use the phone, so I never got try it out, but I assume that anyone with access to the Samsung account have access to the secure folder
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- q-rews 5y ago“It’s to avoid data loss of people who forget their passwords.” That’s the explanation HNers gave to me last time I pointed this out regarding some iCloud features. How about companies stop adding backdoors to security features with the excuse of “data safety”?
- shkkmo 5y agoI can understand designing those data safety features, but if you are marketing security they should be optional.