One of the things I like the Android operating system is that each manufacturer has its own version, A Personalization layer Based on the Google system to which they add many functions, characteristics and particularities that are not available on other devices, or take a little more time to arrive.
This is the case with a user interface in the Samsung galaxy, and I constantly find myself discovering functions that were perhaps there for a long time, and once I started using them, there is no going back. The “ file '' of Samsung is an excellent example, it is a tool that I started to use about a year ago and changed the way my mobile use: now My most private applications and files are completely protected The most curious eyes.
How to activate and use the “ security file '' in the Samsung galaxy, and why is it worth it
The “safe file” is extremely useful because it allows us to “hide” the applications, archives, photos and videos that we do not want anyone who can see. It is even if we lend the unlocked mobile.
For example, if someone asks your mobile phone to make a call, or if you can lend it to a child to play a game or watch a video on YouTube, the device is unlocked, so most of your applications and files are exposed. When you use the “sure folder”, we add A new layer of protective to things that matter most to us: Even if the mobile is unlocked, no one can access these applications or files.
In the “Segura dossier”, we can protect applications such as our banking and financial applications, appointment applications, applications related to our work and all these private photos and videos and we want to protect from curious eyes.
The “Segura folder” is a kind of security for applications, photos and confidential files. No one will be able to see them, not even with the mobile unlocked
This is very similar to “the private space” that Google included in Android 15 natively, the difference is that Android 15 barely reached the end of 2024, while Samsung's “safety file” has been available for several years in a user interface.
First, the first. It is necessary to activate the “safe folder” on the device before starting to use it. In a way, is a bit “hidden” When we start using the device.
To activate the “safe file”, we follow these steps:
- Let's go to the “Settings” system menu
- We access the section 'Security and confidentiality'
- Then we accessMore security parameters'
- Finally, click on 'Security file'
The mobile will activate and configure the security file for the first time and invite us to add an identification method, the options are a pin, a password or a model. In addition, we can Use the digital imprint to access the SAFE folderAnd it will be connected to our Samsung account, if we wish.
Now it is only necessary Add all applications and files to “safe folder” that we want to protect. The SAFE folder is available in another application in the application library, once we access it (using our footprint to identify), we can click on the cross -shaped button to add the applications we want to protect.
In addition, from the Samsung image gallery, we can select the photos and videos that we want to send to the “Segura folder”, to do this, we just have to select one or more files, click the three -point button in the lower right corner, then select “Move a safety folder”. And that's it, we can say goodbye to curious eyes.
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