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Android 15's Private Space is like a secret vault for your sensitive apps (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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Google has added a "Private Space" feature in Android 15, providing a secure environment for sensitive apps and data.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They will do anything but fix the actual issue

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Just curious, but what's the actual issue they need to fix?

[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

root level access to your device...

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As in they should give us root access, or is there something wrong with this feature that's compromising security?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

GPS provides google with root level access to your device essentially... that's the security/privacy issue here.

some gimicky tool will not fix that... it is just like chrome incognito mode...

it does nothing beyond isolating your apps from other apps. which is a feature but don't we already have shelter for that?

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah this definitely isn't about keeping your data private from Google, it's for keeping data private from other people using your phone. You can use stock AOSP (which this feature will be part of) if you need to get away from Google completely, but I think Graphene OS seems like the way to go if you just want to quarantine Google services separately.

Since this is meant for hiding things, it's a bit different from the work profile feature Shelter uses too. Apps will be completely hidden to the user unless the secure profile is unlocked, whereas work profile apps are sill visible. Using Shelter also uses up the one work profile you can have on a device, so you won't be able to set up a real one if your job needs it. This new thing will be a whole new profile, so you can have both.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you the detailed response and I appreciate the nuance here.

Comment was mostly tongue in cheek.

Customroms are great but I don't think discussing it here is permit since articles here are google atroturf.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

If you have any articles about custom ROMs, please post them. I've been using LineageOS for the past month!

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I take this as theym confirming android 15 itself isn't secure then...

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

This is more for someone who's trying to keep things private from anyone else who might use their phone

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 9 hours ago

Or work apps. I like to keep the apps my job requires in the secure folder(samsung).

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

Ahh, that makes sense I guess.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

IOS also implemented the same feature this year.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 11 hours ago

It ain't secure either tho

Unless your definition of security is you and Tom cook accessing your phone