Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer
Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer
Your Android phone will show up just like a USB storage device.
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This seems like a great QOL improvement. Cue someone smarter than me to drop in and explain why it's not and also is a security compromise.
7 0 Replyalso is a security compromise.
Meh, security is always a balancing act with convenience. If you tilt too far towards security, your users will not be happy and they either won't use the feature or abandon the platform altogether. Tilt too far to convenience and your users become a target.
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I'm confused, I've been an android user for more than a decade and it always shows as mass storage when I use the MTP.
Edit: Oh, they mean wireless.
6 0 ReplyI already have that feature disabled!
Thanks to O&O shutup10++
2 0 ReplyWasn't this already a feature in 10? I can explore my phone without issue.
2 0 ReplyI guess there's a difference between connecting as a phone and as external media.
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