Just discovered: App Lock, which lets you lock any app on your Android device behind either a PIN or biometrics. This should absolutely be standard, but it's nice to have it regardless.
Admittedly, locking is a bit slow and happens about a full second after an app is already open. But it looks like the 2.0 release just dropped, and so I'm hoping that'll improve with future updates.
https://github.com/PranavPurwar/AppLock
#Android #FOSS #Security
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