A flaw has been discovered in Samsung’s Secure Folder feature, which allows anyone to view the apps and photos stored in it. This is possible because Samsung’s Secure Folder is set up like a Work ...

Samsung’s Secure Folder feature currently exposes apps and media by over-relying on Android’s Work profile. A new leak shows that One UI 8 will likely adopt Android’s Private Space API to fix this ...

If you have also come across instances when Samsung’s Secure Folder didn’t protect your data as you’d have expected, there’s some good news. Samsung could finally fix that flaw with One UI 8, using ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Karandeep has been with Android Police as a freelance writer since 2019, covering reviews for India, buyer’s guides for the US, and handy tutorials for everyone. He cares more about the impact of ...

As Samsung describes it, Secure Folder allows you to have a second phone inside your device by allowing a second instance of apps to run independently. In theory, this should keep your most sensitive ...

The Galaxy S25’s Secure Folder is Samsung’s built-in privacy vault — a Knox-encrypted space on your phone where photos, apps, and files are completely isolated from the rest of your device. Nobody who ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...