In this guide, we go over 18 expert tips to secure your iPhone or iPad and protect its data from getting misused, hacked, or exploited.
How to secure your iPhone (18 tips)
Privacy
How to lock and hide messages on iPhone and iPad
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to increase the privacy of your messages and hide them so no one else can see your personal conversations.
Apple previews Lockdown Mode to protect users from ‘mercenary spyware’
While it doesn't happen often, Apple does sometimes preview new features coming to its platforms at seemingly random times. Like, for instance, today the company is showcasing a brand new feature that's coming to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura that will help protect users from "mercenary spyware." And even Apple is calling it "extreme."
How to blur, pixelate, and hide sensitive parts of a photo on iPhone or iPad
Learn how to blur or pixelate sensitive parts of an image on your iPhone and iPad before sharing with friends or online.
iOS 16 can prove to websites that you’re human and let you skip CAPTCHAs
Apple's iOS 16 supports automatic verification in compatible apps and websites, allowing you to bypass CAPTCHA prompts while still proving you're human.
How to hide contacts on iPhone and ensure they can’t be seen or found
In this tutorial, we'll show you nine ways to hide one, multiple, or all phone numbers on your iPhone or make them harder to find for people with access to your phone.
How to hide or remove your birthday from your X (Twitter) profile
Don't want people to know your birthday? Learn how to hide or remove your birthday from your X (Twitter) profile for increased privacy.
This jailbreak tweak enhances privacy by preventing app usage until you connect to a VPN
Everyone loves the idea of enhancing their device’s privacy and security, and jailbreakers are no different. Fortunately, a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed AlwaysVPN by iOS developer iosrouter might be able to help in this respect.
Apple’s new iPhone privacy ad bluntly warns that “Your data is being sold”
Data brokers are targeted in a new iPhone privacy ad from Apple which warns viewers pretty bluntly that their data is being sold without consent.
Notice more battery drain while using a VPN? Here’s why…
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) adds a middleman between you and the end server in an internet connection, acting as a relay that helps enhance your privacy. It does this by cloaking your real location, and in many cases, encrypting your internet traffic to prevent snoopers from seeing what you’re doing as you browse the web.
Apple, Google and Microsoft will expand support for FIDO passwordless sign-in
Apple, Google and Microsoft are expanding support for the FIDO passwordless sign-in standard across devices and platforms to boost user security further.
The new AirTag firmware alters the unwanted tracking sound
The new tracking sound features a more prominent tone pattern that should help you more easily locate an unknown AirTag that has been found moving with you.