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> How would this work do you mean? We have a termux clone and keep two copies of every program, one for root usage and one for normal user? I...

> but, AFAIK termux packages will break only if you use installers (e.g. apt, python pip, etc) with root. I'm speaking from experience. i have some rooted android device and...

> Most definitely not. The termux app will not be able to access `$PREFIX` and will not work at all. The ownership, permissions and selinux context must never be messed...

I'll wait for this feature that allows to run Termux under a secondary user. I don't agree with your arguments, but I won't argue. Thank you for your work. Where...

BTW, here is a paper discussing the security of the multi-user feature of Android: [“A Systematic Security Evaluation of Android's Multi-User Framework” by Paul Ratazzi, Yousra Aafer, Amit Ahlawat, Hao...

> Google made storage access a moving target I would like to insert my 5 cents on Storage Access Framework (SAF). I agree that Android is a moving target, and...

A workaround is to use encryption provided by SAF (`DocumentsProvider`). For example, you can store a backup to a container encrypted with [EDS Lite](https://github.com/sovworks/edslite).

A user may want to have only one method of decryption (with a token) for security reasons. I bet that people spending money on security devices understand implications of losing...

> Also, a USB token would it make impossible to use USB for storage I think there are workarounds: - write a backup to a microSD card while attaching a...

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