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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.

not accessible just by typing another pin on stock Android though.

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

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