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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Neat trick! I've enabled it on my phone now, though it does say that it's probably better to use a guest user for such situations... I don't know how to do that either.

Still, this is additionally handy when I want to let my kid briefly use my phone.

This may all be moot though, if the state requires you to install a government app with invasive permissions just for this situation. Yet another reason to give up driving!

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't know about guest user stuff either actually - I might look into it at some point if I feel the need.

And yes, I've only ever used the "pin app" practically for letting young relatives play games and stuff on my phone, knowing they won't be able to switch apps and send anyone a message - like the "Poo poo willy bum message" incident last year :)