Not Adding Massages app in Secure Folder

[SanatGhosh]

I can't add massages app to secure folder. And i want add the in secure folder beacause i have received many OTP in my text messages app.

[TheMystic]

You can install a 3rd party SMS app like SMS Organizer from Microsoft.

OTPs have a very limited validity, and they are of no use once the time limit has passed, or if you have already used it. You shouldn't worry too much about it.

Some messaging apps have the feature to auto delete them for you after a user specified time period. Enable that under your app settings.

[SanatGhosh]

But if my mobile is hacked the they can easily use my sms app. But can't use my secure folder due to knox security.

[TheMystic]

If your mobile is hacked, you have bigger things to worry about.

OTP is usually only valid for less than 15 minutes, and in any case, once you use it, it becomes useless.

In the Secure Folder, you only install the app, not the message storage. And if your phone is hacked, the messages can still be read from the notification area, even if your SMS app is installed in Secure Folder.

[SanatGhosh]

There is an option to hide content in notification panel from secure folder.

[TheMystic]

What if your Secure Folder is open when the notification comes?

Secure Folder protects the apps installed inside it, and their data. Your messages are saved in 'Phone and Messaging Storage'. This app is NOT installed inside the Secure Folder.

Your SMS app only accesses the data stored in that app. That's why even if you delete the data of your SMS app, your actual messages won't be lost. But if you delete the data of 'Phone and Messaging Storage', all your messages and call logs would be gone.

So even if you install the SMS app inside Secure Folder, the data it accesses is still outside of it.

I don't know how Samsung Secures the messages data, but installing your SMS app inside the Secure Folder won't make it any more secure.

[SanatGhosh]

Then where is secure of data?????

[TheMystic]

It is not like data outside Secure Folder isn't safe. Secure Folder adds encryption to data inside it. Your data is still safe without encryption, if you are careful about the apps you install and what you do with your devcie.

LINKS in the following post can be helpful:

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Tech-Talk/Smartphone-Basics/td-p/11180153

[SanatGhosh]

For the reason iphone security is best.

[TheMystic]

Android is just as secure if you use it with the same restrictions that are there on an iPhone. Android provides flexibility, and with flexibility comes responsibility.

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Tech-Talk/With-flexibility-comes-responsibility/td-p/11221264