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Phones should have a 'guest lock' feature (curvise.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev

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after reading this i did eventually learn that there is app pinning on android (or atleast grapheneos?) ! did not know about this might come in handy.

Tap Security & Privacy > More security & privacy > App pinning. After that is enabled, if you want to pin an app, open it, swipe up into the recent-apps view, tap the icon of the app above the preview pane, and select "Pin". The feature is buried a bit. I believe this is because it's more of a best-effort protection. The settings page itself says: "When an app is pinned, the pinned app may open other apps and personal data may be accessible. If you want to securely share your device with someone, try using a guest user instead.

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[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I played around a lot with pinning apps protect the rest of the phone from my son when he wanted to use an app. My genius of a son somehow always found a way around and managed to access other parts of the phone (Samsung). I never relied on app pinning as rock solid security.