[Vidéo] Tutorial Express: how to hide your photos from Q on Android?
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To hide photos, make them inaccessible from other applications and prevent them from being saved in the Google cloud, they must be placed in an encrypted folder. The latter will only open with your unlocking system: pattern, fingerprint or secret code. There are several solutions depending on your device. If the version Google Photos for the Google Pixel embeds a Folder locked, this is not the case for other smartphones. Fortunately, manufacturers often offer an encryption solution in their Gallery app. This is the case with Samsung, Oppo, OnePlus, Xiaomi (you will need a Mi account to take advantage of it) and almost all the others. However, there are exceptions, but we have found the solution…
The Google Files app as a last resort
On the Sony Xperia, for example, there are no solutions to hide your photos from the application used to view the images. This can also be the case on older models of the brands mentioned above. However, there is a universal solution: the application Google Files. This handy file manager has a layer of encryption that hides photos, but potentially any file. If you have documents to hide, just use the Folder locked of this app. We explain everything in this video…
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