How much is Work Profile is less secure then User Profile? Unfortunately, I don’t have the option to set User Profile, so I am limited to Work Profile.

Less secure for what, may I ask? What are u trying to do

I want that a specific sensitive app will not be able to access or be accessed by other apps in any way

You can attempt to enforce that boundary using two devices then.

which is not a financially viable option? come on Frankly you can do better than this to the topic: [image] Remove Shelter hammer_and_wrenchTool Suggestions Defense of Work Profiles Work profiles can be scheduled, not private spaces yet. GrapheneOS ackno…

If you have a better solution instead of fabricating the OP’s situation and dismissing my contribution, share it.

Unfortunately, a new device is not an option right now. If I relaxed my requirement so that I want to minimize the attack surface and data collection of some apps that I must to install? (Not related to work, but personal services that has only android app)

I would start looking at whether those apps are open-source, auditing the codebase, then building from source specifically for my own requirements.

The app are proprietary with no open source alternative

I would start looking at reproducing clean-room reverse-engineered implementations then.

And an answer for non tech experts?

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