Password Protecting the Files App? Suggestion

privacy-geek

Hey!
I am personally a big fan of the Fossify app suite and had a suggestion based on some of their apps. Let me know what y'all think:
It may sound overkill to some, but having the ability to password-protect the Files app could be a really handy feature for security and privacy. Keeping certain files in a different user profile or having your kids use a guest account is one way to do it, but it would certainly be more efficient if the option were given within the app's settings for either the whole app or for any folder.
What are your thoughts on this? Is this something that could be useful?

Carlos-Anso

The shared storage area can be accessed by any app with the necessary permission. Stopping the Files app accessing any given directory or file does not stop other apps, with the necessary permissions, being able to access it.

There are apps designed to provide their own isolated storage directories that are password protected. Its possible to have such storage encrypted and even have encryption tied to keys stored in the Titan HSM that are flushed instantly when the screen is locked.