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How about make it so that the "hidden" photos on a phone require a security code/biometric to access? I've always been shocked that this isn't the case with iOS
by bedhead 5y ago
How about make it so that the "hidden" photos on a phone require a security code/biometric to access? I've always been shocked that this isn't the case with iOS (don't know Android), it seems so obvious and simple.
- aj3 5y agoAndroid has exactly this feature, two in fact: "Safe Folder" for regular files and "Locked Folder" for photos specifically.
- nolok 5y agoIt's proprietary but that's exactly what Samsung's "Secure Folder" is. Apps, contacts, files, photos ... That can't be listed or accessed without a secondary auth, protected by knox. I don't know about non samsung android phones. It's fairly simple to use, and if you sometime give your phone to other people / kids / etc ... It quickly becomes absolutely necessary. Need to remember to use the "secure folder" camera though, if you merely take the pic THEN move to secure folder, while it's super quick and easy it's usually too late as google photos, dropbox, whatever else will already have duped it.
- sodality2 5y agoLG gallery has this feature
- gopalv 5y ago> How about make it so that the "hidden" photos on a phone require a security code/biometric to access? Pixel with the latest Android should have that ("Move to Locked Folder" [1]), though as with all security things it is annoying to use in a lot of ways. Doesn't work for SMS images or Whatsapp (Signal is much nicer on this front, but images on Signal get lost if a phone is bricked - the account backup/transfer method sucks a bit). [1] - https://support.google.com/photos/answer/10694388?hl=en https://support.google.com/photos/answer/10694388?hl=en