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Android allows you to have multiple users. So you can have 1 user for private activity and another for day 2 day activity. If you need to unlock your phone to

• jeroenhd 5y ago
  It's kind of sad how unpopular this feature is, because it's great for those "lend me your phone real quick" scenarios. You can add a "guest mode" button to your lock screen on many (most?) Android phones to create a throwaway user account. That said, the cops will probably not take a smartphone without contents at face value. You've got to add some realistic enough (fake?) texts at least, or be careful to only communicate about protests, homosexuality and other banned subjects through your alternative user account. Unless you have something to hide, trying to mislead armed officers of an authoritarian regime this way may not be advisable. They'd probably be fooled by simply carrying around a second phone, though, because most people only carry around a single phone. Do your revolutionary talk through an old banged-up second hand device, and talk about other stuff using your fancy phone.
  • cuteboy19 5y ago
    The feature is disabled in many Android phones, especially budget models. And then samsung has its usual secure folder nonsense
• MrDisposable 5y ago
  If you have a phone with stock or close-to-stock Android, this is a great feature.