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by _kidlike 2 days ago
I had this on a Xiaomi, maybe 10 years ago? Very cool feature! I hope they still do it. I think the wipe feature is also very cool, but not used in this way.
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They would like to but it's not possible to make a robust feature like that because of low-level architecture of SSDs. Implementing a detectable solution would give people a false sense of security.

Also they can plant evidence if you unlock the phone.

https://nitter.net/GrapheneOS/status/2081471477174456340#m

Fascinating. It seems the feature is called "Second Space"

https://www.mi.com/global/support/faq/details/KA-492586/

Profiles are a standard Android feature, nothing special to Xiaomi. GrapheneOS even extends and improves them in a lot of ways.

It's just not possible to hide them in a good way that would faze knowledgeable people or software.

Ok so what you're saying is Android doesn't have this feature. Xioami does. Type in a different pin and access a second space. Not the same as profiles, obviously
not accessible just by typing another pin on stock Android though.