Phone Security

Other Ways to Make Your Phone More Secure

If you have sensitive data on your phone, you might want to make it even more secure from unauthorized access. You can employ a number of higher-security restrictions—although, to be honest, most are probably overkill for the average user.

Enabling Private Mode

Samsung offers a Private Mode to lock selected data used in a variety of Samsung apps—specifically, the Gallery, Video, Music, Voice Recorder, and My Files apps. Here’s how it works.

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