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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can someone help me understand the use of this? I genuinely can not figure out a practical scenario of when you need this.

[–] wheresmypillow@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Business and personal account on a single device.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Would those be properly isolated from each other though?

[–] dot20@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Dual SIM phone

[–] Xel@mujico.org 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen people using dual apps (this tech has been out for several years by now) to have completely independent instances of an app such as whatsapp so that they can be online for say friends and family, but leave the other instance offline for work.

It's also used a lot for cheating too 🥲

[–] hoping@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

people could have a second work number on a dumb phone but set up the account on the one smart phone they can afford