A new report claims Tech Giant, Samsung, now has a new privacy feature called Repir Mode, that allows users to hide their data while away with a phone repairer.
“When activated, it ensures that the personal data on your Galaxy smartphone remains secure even when the repair technician is working on it,” SamMobile reported, citing a press release by the Korean company.
It helps you restrict access to certain features or apps on your device. For instance, it can deny access to your social media accounts or gallery features from an outsider or intruder. But you will need to selectively choose what data to display when your phone is in a repair centre.
Samsung Repair Mode can be found in Settings > Battery and Device Care menu. Once you activate it, your phone reboots immediately.
After that, nobody will be able to access your personal data, including photos, messages, accounts, etc., and only default apps will be accessible.
To come out of the Repair Mode, the user needs to exit the mode by rebooting the device and authenticating through fingerprint or pattern recognition. What this means is, only you can turn off this feature and revert the phone back to its original state with your files intact.
This is a smart move to the current state of global insecurity. Smartphone owners are always concerned that their personal information may be stolen or used for fraudulent or illegal acts.
This mode is at least designed to keep Samsung Galaxy users safe. For example, if you want to lock photos and videos on your device, you can do so in repair mode.
Samsung, in its announcement, said it will first introduce ‘repair mode’ through software updates from the Galaxy S21 series, and plan to expand it to some other models in the future.
The Smartphone manufacturer has been keen on adding new features to help users protect and secure sensitive data to their mobile devices.
In 2021, it introduced the ‘Samsung Knox Vault,’ an information protection technology that blocks various attacks by storing encrypted personal information in its own storage space.
In a recent article published in Samsung Newsroom, Shin Seung-won, managing director of the Security Team of Samsung Electronics’ MX Division, said, “Technology is connecting the world closer than ever, but the risks are also increasing.”
The company mentioned that its top priority is to make sure customers stay safe while using its devices.
