Here are earlier versions of the deleted Samsung blog post (in Russian language) preserved in the Internet Archive and in Archive Today.

Samsung published a support page showing users how to isolate apps, using Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max as an example.

The post, titled “How to install apps or messengers in the Knox Folder on Samsung Galaxy?”, was flagged by the Telegram channel Yozh, though Samsung had published the tutorial in late March.

In the post, Samsung explained how moving apps into Knox can isolate data and “create a ‘second phone’ inside the device.”

“This guarantees maximum privacy for personal data and conversations, password/biometric protection, separation of work and personal life (you can use a second account), and additional data encryption,” Samsung said.

The tutorial included illustrations showing Max being “isolated” as an example. After journalists drew attention to the post, Samsung removed the images featuring the “national” messenger. The earlier version of the page was preserved in an internet archive.

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  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Knox is the Samsung enterprise phone management system btw… It allows authorized personell to remotely manage business phones etc…

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      1 month ago

      That’s one of the things Knox does. It’s really just a brand name for a bunch of software features in Samsung devices.

      The “secure folder” feature that allows you to install apps in a siloed way is available on a personal device, too.

      You can even encrypt the partition, garbling it and completely disabling everything inside it until it’s unlocked again. Using it does require a Samsung account, which is dumb.