Top 10 Useful iPhone security and privacy tips
Useful iPhone security and privacy tips. Your smartphone is everything for you to watch videos play games, chat with others and have contact numbers of your friends and families.
The first priority is to secure your iPhone with others so that no one can disturb your iPhone. For this apple iOS, 12 updates will give you some security features and privacy settings which will main smartphone more secure than others. Here are some important security settings and privacy tips that you must follow.
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iOS 12 is coming with many important features to secure your web and apps password and security settings. iOS 12 comes with a security password feature for your web and any other apps on iOS. It will save all passwords on an iCloud keychain which is the secure drive on iCloud.
ICloud keychain automatically creates your strong password for your application and whenever you want to login to apps it will automatically fill your passwords.
How to use ICloud keychain?
To enable ICloud keychain
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And one more thing that this password will be changed time by time and you will get a unique password whenever you go to select a password you will be noticed by iOS automatically.
Your messages on iOS are very important because it is personal. Along this iOS give a method of end to end encryption for your personal messages so that no one can read your messages without your permission. iOS 12 comes with latest features to delete your messages called auto-deleting encrypted messages.
There are three types of options available which can you used to delete your messages these are :
Settings —> Messages —> Keep Messages
Auto deletion of your uncle messages you have to go to settings > messages > keep messages.
And after this, you can select one of the three options to delete your messages from your iPhone. For example, if you select 30 day is your message will delete automatically after 30 days.
Apple always maintains the privacy of Apple users and they keep them on high priority to maintain your privacy over web apps and browsers. Apple iOS 12 country with a new search engine called DuckDuckGo and recently it achieved a milestone of 30 million searchings per day.
To use doctor go you have to go to settings > search engine > and then click duckduckgo as a search engine for your iPhone.
Even know iPhone lock of features whenever you try to unlock anyone iPhone. To maintain user privacy and security iPhone is coming with the options automatically erase your all data whenever anyone tries to unlock your phone.
On iOS continuously typing 10 incorrect passwords to unlock the phone will erase all the data on iOS. This feature is very useful for your data protection.
To enable erase data option in the iPhone you have to go to settings > face ID and passcode > and under these options, you can see erase data option now enable this option to start working.
These are the all security and privacy settings that you must know about it. And one last more thing whenever you start enabling face ID and passcode you must disable USB accessories because recently security researchers found that iPhone can be unlocked using USB connection.
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USB restricted mode is another newer feature in iOS 11.4.1. The amazing new feature will prevent your device from "juice jacking".
Juice jacking is the process where hackers can hack your device by installing the malware in the USB charging port. That's why USB accessories will not be allowed to make any data connection with any device like iPhone iPad or iPod.
Updating apps and operating system are one of the most important things to secure your app from external attacks. With the advancement of technology and software updates, new software vulnerabilities also cause problems. Vulnerabilities are small security holes and weaknesses in the operating system which can damage software programs.
One of the main drawbacks of old operating system is that would abilities and weaknesses can access by hackers to get into your PC or mobile phone.
Settings > General > Software Update and turn on automatic updates.
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Apple's comes with built-in tracker using GPS location. Now you can easily track out stolen iPhone with built-in tracking feature. Other building security features have also installed on iPhone which will help you you and prevent anyone else to use your iPhone without your permission.
Every security features required Apple ID and password to log on now no one can easily turn off your find my phone feature in your device easily.
Settings > User Name > iCloud and then Scroll to the bottom and tap Find My iPhone.
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The lock screen is another amazing iPhone which is called as widgets. Widgets have the ability to quickly access some of the features available on the home screen like camera, wi-Fi and Bluetooth and other apps on iPhone.
This is an amazing feature will prevent anyone to full access of your smartphone and now your smartphone is secured with a lock screen option.
Settings > Control Center, and toggle off or ON.
The first priority is to secure your iPhone with others so that no one can disturb your iPhone. For this apple iOS, 12 updates will give you some security features and privacy settings which will main smartphone more secure than others. Here are some important security settings and privacy tips that you must follow.
1. Strong web and app password
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Strong web and app password[/caption]iOS 12 is coming with many important features to secure your web and apps password and security settings. iOS 12 comes with a security password feature for your web and any other apps on iOS. It will save all passwords on an iCloud keychain which is the secure drive on iCloud.
ICloud keychain automatically creates your strong password for your application and whenever you want to login to apps it will automatically fill your passwords.
How to use ICloud keychain?
To enable ICloud keychain
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Source : https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204085[/caption]- Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud. For 10.2 or earlier, tap Settings > iCloud.
- Tap Keychain.
- Slide to turn on iCloud Keychain.
And one more thing that this password will be changed time by time and you will get a unique password whenever you go to select a password you will be noticed by iOS automatically.
2. Auto delete of your encrypted messages
Your messages on iOS are very important because it is personal. Along this iOS give a method of end to end encryption for your personal messages so that no one can read your messages without your permission. iOS 12 comes with latest features to delete your messages called auto-deleting encrypted messages.
There are three types of options available which can you used to delete your messages these are :
- 30 days
- 1 year
- Forever
How to enable auto delete encrypted messages feature?
Settings —> Messages —> Keep Messages
Auto deletion of your uncle messages you have to go to settings > messages > keep messages.
And after this, you can select one of the three options to delete your messages from your iPhone. For example, if you select 30 day is your message will delete automatically after 30 days.
3. Search engine privacy
Apple always maintains the privacy of Apple users and they keep them on high priority to maintain your privacy over web apps and browsers. Apple iOS 12 country with a new search engine called DuckDuckGo and recently it achieved a milestone of 30 million searchings per day.
How to change the search engine for your browser on iOS 12?
To use doctor go you have to go to settings > search engine > and then click duckduckgo as a search engine for your iPhone.
4. Emergency options
Even know iPhone lock of features whenever you try to unlock anyone iPhone. To maintain user privacy and security iPhone is coming with the options automatically erase your all data whenever anyone tries to unlock your phone.
On iOS continuously typing 10 incorrect passwords to unlock the phone will erase all the data on iOS. This feature is very useful for your data protection.
How to enable erase data option in the iPhone?
To enable erase data option in the iPhone you have to go to settings > face ID and passcode > and under these options, you can see erase data option now enable this option to start working.
These are the all security and privacy settings that you must know about it. And one last more thing whenever you start enabling face ID and passcode you must disable USB accessories because recently security researchers found that iPhone can be unlocked using USB connection.
5. Turn on USB restricted mode
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Useful iPhone security and privacy tips[/caption]USB restricted mode is another newer feature in iOS 11.4.1. The amazing new feature will prevent your device from "juice jacking".
Juice jacking is the process where hackers can hack your device by installing the malware in the USB charging port. That's why USB accessories will not be allowed to make any data connection with any device like iPhone iPad or iPod.
How to Enable and Disable iPhone and iPad USB Restricted Mode?
- Open setting in iOS device
- If you are using iPhone X then open face ID and passcode or if you are using letter then open touch id and passcode
- Now enter your device passcode to continue
- In face ID and passcode, window scroll down to USB accessories and turn it ON or OFF.
6. Turn on automatic iOS update
Updating apps and operating system are one of the most important things to secure your app from external attacks. With the advancement of technology and software updates, new software vulnerabilities also cause problems. Vulnerabilities are small security holes and weaknesses in the operating system which can damage software programs.
One of the main drawbacks of old operating system is that would abilities and weaknesses can access by hackers to get into your PC or mobile phone.
How to turn on automatic update on iOS
Settings > General > Software Update and turn on automatic updates.
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Turn on automatic iOS update[/caption]7. Find my phone built-in feature
Apple's comes with built-in tracker using GPS location. Now you can easily track out stolen iPhone with built-in tracking feature. Other building security features have also installed on iPhone which will help you you and prevent anyone else to use your iPhone without your permission.
Every security features required Apple ID and password to log on now no one can easily turn off your find my phone feature in your device easily.
How to enable find my phone feature on the iPhone?
Settings > User Name > iCloud and then Scroll to the bottom and tap Find My iPhone.
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how to turn on Find my Phone feature in iPhone[/caption]8. Enable lock screen option in iPhone
The lock screen is another amazing iPhone which is called as widgets. Widgets have the ability to quickly access some of the features available on the home screen like camera, wi-Fi and Bluetooth and other apps on iPhone.
This is an amazing feature will prevent anyone to full access of your smartphone and now your smartphone is secured with a lock screen option.
How to enable and disable the lock screen in iPhone?
Settings > Control Center, and toggle off or ON.
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