Secure folder doesn't autolock upon exit (Fold 7 / UI 8)

[dipst]

Hi all. New Fold 7 owner. When I exit Secure Folder back to home, I can reenter it without having to reauthenticate. Anybody who picked up my phone could just get straight into secure folder. I can find no setting to require reauthenticatation after leaving secure folder. On my Fold 5, it locked automatically after exiting. This issue completely compromises the security of a secure folder. It isn't practical to manually lock it every time before exiting since I frequently switch between apps inside and out of secure folder. Am I missing something or is this another Samsung issue?

EDIT I've just checked on my fold 5 and I can see that in the "auto lock secure folder"part of settings, on fold 5 you can set it to lock each time you leave an app whereas on fold 7 that option is no longer available... meaning that when you leave secure folder or an app, you or anybody on your fold 7 can get straight back into secure folder unless you have remember to manually lock it. This really is moronic and makes no sense at all. It won't be possible to remember to manually lock secure folder on the phone where you are constantly multitasking and it's only makes life harder and make the phone less secure. Please tell me it has been moved somewhere else but it really looks like the usual utterly moronic Samsung shenanigans. Assume this pointless stupid and unwelcome change is a feature of the updated software. Sorry for sounding so negative but this sort of thing is endlessly disappointing 

[xSteveuk]

Hi,
This may be helpful

Here's how to enable auto-lock:
Secure Folder

Open Secure Folder: Locate and open the Secure Folder app on your device.

Access Settings: Tap the three dots (More options) within Secure Folder, then tap on "Settings".

Locate Auto-Lock Settings: Find and tap on "Auto lock Secure Folder".

Choose Auto-Lock Option: Select "Each time I leave an app" to ensure it locks immediately when you exit.

[dipst]

Thanks Steve, unfortunately Samsung in its wisdom seems to have removed this option from the Fold 7 and I assume this is a change in One UI 8. My fold five is on one UI 7 so when I compare them side by side they have literally taken this option away. If I leave secure folder to briefly look at an app outside of it and somebody swipes my phone, they have full access to my secure folder and there seems to be nothing I can do about it. So on the newest software it seems that the security of secure folder is completely dependent on users remembering to lock it when you have finished using it or each time you come out of it

[Piper123]

This is the same on the S25 Ultra in One UI8 Beta.

So it appears it may be by design if others have previously complained about it locking too quickly for example.

[dipst]

Thanks. Yeah perhaps but it seems insane not to give people the option. It just seems as it stands the security is massively compromised because until it is manually locked any body can access it.

[xSteveuk]

Do you have Lock Screen
You could set that up
I use fingerprint & pini if needed

[dipst]

Yep I've got fingerprint set on the standard lock screen for the whole phone but it's the secure folder behavior that's the issue for me, unless I've missed something the setting that you identified has been completely removed. I had wondered if they have moved it somewhere else or implemented it differently but I can't see any way

[xSteveuk]

Secure Folder settings
Auto lock
When the screen turns off

[dipst]

Unfortunately that doesn't lock Secure Folder when you switch to an app outside it, so your data is left exposed. The setting I need is to lock the folder "each time you leave an app" which Samsung has moronically removed on UI 8 (or at least on fold 7),making it much less secure. Thanks for looking into it!

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

So, the moment secure folder is unlocked and phone left unattended someone swipes it, at that very precise window of opportunity