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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 11 months ago

Open source app blocker?

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Open source app blocker?

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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 11 months ago

Does such an application even exist?

It would show a screen lock before letting you interact with the application AND is open source.

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Android work profiles will do this for you.

Set a factor to unlock your work profile and you will have to “unlock” each time you open a work app.

Look at fdroids shelter
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  This is more secure than the feature some launchers provide, since that can be bypassed by launching apps through the settings app

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