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by imarkphillips 784 days ago
There's a Secure Folder on Samsung phones. It requires a pin code to access & you can store a lot of apps in there, but it pretty weak.

Since reading these police access reports from the US I tried using the Secure Folder.

As a digital nomad for past 9 years I visit 10-20 countries a year, so lots of border crossings.

Secure Folder sadly doesn't allow you to hide all your disclosing apps inside.

Certain apps like browsers still need to be run inside your main section, and therefore accessible from a fingerprint login.

And a phone without finger or face login is too cumbersome for digital entrepreneurs in this day & age.

So the idea of shutting off the phone as you cross borders seems to be the best approach for us nomads.

I note the court case wasn't about a border crossing so I'm still looking for practical solutions.

Not being American I, like many, am almost paranoid visiting the US with all its foibles.