Can you Lock you image Folder?

[mackan1]

Hello.

I have had a look around and cant find anything about haveing a lock/pin on you Image/doc Folder.

i am just wondering if this can be done. to stop other people looking though you pic's

i have seen some phones that have this option and would like this on my phone.


thanks

[sine220]

lookin a porn again?

[mackan1]

Sine220 kind of and Personal Doc's.

i am guessing it will be easy to make a app for this if someone knows what they are doing.

I am sure there is allot of people out there that would love this app. sins you can hold 32GB of stuff and personal information

[rash.m2k]

If you create a folder, put your pictures inside it and then rename the folder to make the folder name start with a dot you will not be able to see it!

i.e.

.mypics

[mackan1]

lol

still would like a lock.

[Mandor]

Have you try to look for application that can do this ? (I don't have my N900 right now)

I would like to point out that, beside locking the pictures folder, this is not a bad idea to be able to restrain users from accessing some folder on your phone. Right now, the only possibility is to lock the device completely.

[Duffer]

There is truecrypt (or easycrypt?) for maemo I believe, may solve your problem.

Edit. Actually it looks like it's only available for OS2008?

[mackan1]

so no new update yet on this?

[mackan1]

just a bump

[Neegs]

If you create a folder, put your pictures inside it and then rename the folder to make the folder name start with a dot you will not be able to see it!

i.e.

.mypics

Also will this stop the image viewer seeing the pics. i have personnel pics on my phone memory card. if you open up the image viewer it looks at every pic including the personnel stuff

[mackan1]

it is very hard to make a folder called .something in windows.

anyhow after doing this. by copying a folder that rdy had s ( . ).

it dose not seem to how the pic in photo view. but now i am stuck on how to view these pics and doc on my phone when i need to.