Hi People,
I am using a Fairphone 4 purchased from Murena with /e/os 1.6-s 2022129238946-stable-FP4 since a month now. So far it has been both a refreshing and a challenging experience - in general I am really happy with it.
I have accumulated many questions and observations. But trying to stay on point with this topic so I will share them across new and existing topics rather than one long read.
This is a question about the creation and use of additional user accounts. For example to separate work and private use.
Prerequisites – I use opensource apps and privacy friendly apps where possible but in the real world I have to use apps like MS Teams, Outlook, WhatsApp etc. Many posts talk about Shelter to organize that. I tried to install Shelter but it will not work - it actually notifies me that it is not install-able for my phone/OS combination.
But what does Shelter do that cannot be accomplished with an additional user account to containerize work and/or privacy unfriendly apps?
Use case example with Whats app:
I’ll create an additional user account, I’ll install WhatsApp + an address book with only limited amount of contacts (so that FB will not have my full list of contacts).
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Are user accounts totally separated as far as privacy is concerned? No leakage?
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Is it possible for this new user to utilize the second sim in my phone?
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Is it possible to effectively tailor Advanced Privacy per user account?
Another use case for example could be, (while waiting for per app location permissions ) to do the Magic Earth navigation from another user which uses real location? As switching users is really fast it would be easy to do.
Anyway, I am looking forward to your insights.
Maarten
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