Overview
- Android Authority’s APK teardown points to a timed pause that automatically re‑enables the protection after 30 minutes and shows a countdown in settings.
- The option is described as a convenience for power users who sideload apps, reducing the need to remember to switch protections back on.
- Users could reportedly still disable the safeguard permanently if they choose.
- The feature in question was introduced with One UI 6 to block unauthorized app installs, prevent USB commands and updates, and filter malicious images in messaging apps.
- Forbes highlights warnings that pausing defenses increases malware exposure through sideloading, and notes this finding is not an official announcement as Samsung could change or drop the feature.