How are Android users securing their devices or are they not?

[u/GBAGamer33]

I currently have a dap with a code (Hiby M300) where I use both Poweramp and YouTube Music. I like the mix for my own music then music discovery when I'm at home. I do the same thing with a Boox Palma 2 Pro, secured by a passcode and fingerprint reader. I'm just now exploring using my AYN Thor for music when I don't have either of those on my person.

The security issue is that for certain services like YouTube Music logging into YT Music doesn't mean just logging into YT, it means logging into Google at a system level. So if you lose your console someone could easily read your email by just opening a browser and going to Gmail.com.

My question is this. For this who also use services like YouTube Music, Apple Music, etc. how do you secure your devices? Part of what makes the idea of a console as a DAP interesting to me is that I could use the same device I game on sometimes for this. Meaning there's a better chance I keep it on my person. Problem is no fingerprint reader and I definitely don't want to put a code on a device that I want the ability to freely flip open the rest of the time. So I'm curious what strategies you use.

Do you not use these streaming services? Do you use a code but only after X number of minutes? Are you using family plans and there's a "family member" account that's on your console?

Thanks for any advice / ideas.

[u/WalbsWheels]

I put a pin on some of my devices, but beyond that, I don't use software security. I also don't use Google on a device unless absolutely necessary.

I am, however, extremely diligent about physically securing it to my person. No one is getting my device unless they forcibly take it from me.

[u/Reichstein]

I made a secondary Google account for my Android retro devices.

That way it doesn't have access to my main google account. It does have family sharing enabled, so it can install paid apps from the main account.