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One swipe too many can result in an awkward conversation. That’s the issue I face whenever I hand someone my phone to show them my latest vacation pics in Google Photos they asked to see.
I don’t have any super-sensitive images in my Photos account, but I have plenty I don’t want anyone to see. Whether it’s my fitness progress pictures or that weird mark on my body I had to send to my doctor, some things are for my eyes only.
I recently gave a Google Photos alternative called Ente a spin, mainly because it offers end-to-end encryption Google’s app lacks. But I unexpectedly discovered a great privacy feature during my testing that solves my issue completely, and now I want to see it make its way to Google Photos — and every other gallery app for that matter.
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Ente has a feature called Guest View that basically locks an image of choice on the screen. All I have to do is long-press a photo, tap the Guest View option that appears, and then hand my phone to the person I want to show the photo to.
That person can then do nothing else in the app but view the image. Swiping left or right does nothing, and tapping the back button brings up the lock screen, preventing them from seeing anything else.
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