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Add optional password to Manage Hidden Icons #384
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Add an option to protect the Manage Hidden Icons settings item with a user-chosen password.
Why do you want this feature?
Currently anyone with access to the phone, including a smash-and-grab attacker, can long-press the background, bring up the menu, and select Manage Hidden Icons and see and use the apps that have been hidden. Users may want to password-restrict access to the hidden icons which might include banking apps, bitcoin wallets, or other apps with sensitive information, providing a welcome additional safety layer.
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It is true that all apps can be accessed via Android settings, but there are apps to password-protect access to settings. But adding such a password protector app to Fossify Launcher as a whole won't work, since the launcher would have to be password-unlocked all the time to use it. The best solution would, I think, be to add optional password protection to the Manage Hidden Icons menu item.