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Remember 10 years ago when people were predicting/building technology to let our phones run multiple "virtual" phone instances on a hypervisor, solving the work phone/play phone single device dilemma?

I'd still freaking love this feature ten years later. I don't want app level segregation of work and play, I want them in entirely different "instances" of my phone.

> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/09/samsu...

> https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2009/01/01/the-nex...

> https://gizmodo.com/vmware-for-mobile-devices-lets-you-run-w...



I wish that there was some movement on that feature as well, but with time new possible implementations have become available on desktop environments that I would like see extended to mobile.

Application Streaming [1] is getting pretty solid, and I would love to see an integrated mobile solution for that.

It would be a good way to have the easy access to applications, but keep the code, manage the security, and keep the data on the server.

It wouldn't allow access to data when offline, but I think that's actually a benefit when it comes to security. It could also be used by corporations to quickly secure lost devices since there would be no cached data, as well as lock down access at certain places such as when crossing the US border or when employees are on vacation (in other countries, especially). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_streaming


I guess you just need a GNU/Linux phone for that. Librem 5 is the hope.


Android has supported multiple independent user profiles for a few years now, including an ad-hoc Guest one that erases stuff when no longer used.




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