Wednesday, December 23, 2015

5 Tips for Enhancing iPhone’s Privacy & Security


In this digital information age, consumers would pay more attention to the privacy and security of their mobile devices which would attach their social account, private photos, private messages, etc. For iPhone users, the privacy information would include the information security iCloud and Apple ID. Now, we will give some tips for iPhone users to keep alert to keep their information safe.

1. Open “Find My iPhone”
Find My iPhone feature helps iPhone users to protect their iPhone. iPhone users can sign in to iCloud.com or go to the Find My iPhone apps to play a sound or lock your iPhone and track your iPhone. If you have no idea how to find your iPhone, you can remotely erase all of information to keep your data safe.
You can go to your Home screen, tap Settings > iCloud. If you’re asked to sign in, enter your Apple ID. And then scroll to the bottom and tap Find My iPhone. Slide to turn on Find My iPhone and Send Last Location.


2. Turn on “Limit Ad Tracking”
This feature can provide users with more advertising based on the users’ location, reading history, etc. Most users don’t need to this feature, so they can choose to open the “Limit Ad Tracking”, which can automatically block third-party application to get the phone's cookies in order to keep the privacy of personal information safe.
For iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch users, they can go to Settings > Privacy > Advertising and turn on Limit Ad Tracking.



3. Control Apps Access to Contacts
On iOS 8 and iOS 9, users can control which apps can access to data saved on your devices by going to Setting > Privacy. To protect your contacts on iOS, you have better not allow the apps you which you don’t trust to access contacts. You can open Settings, then go to “Privacy”, tap on “Contacts” to see the list of applications that have requested access to the address book. Toggle the switch to OFF or ON for apps that you do or do not want to have access to Contacts information.


4. Don’t Use Safari AutoFill
With Safari AutoFill, Safari can automatically fill in information on websites like passwords, credit cards, and more. If you want to change AutoFill settings, you can go to Setting > Safari > Preferences, then click AutoFill. If you don’t want to use it, you can go to Setting > Safari > Password & Autofill. Turn off the information that you don’t want to save in Safari or certain website.


5. Disable Frequent Location on iPhone
The Frequent Location allows the system to track and display the address you go, when you go and how long you have stayed there. You can also turn it off by going to Setting > Privacy > Location Services > Frequent Locations and then toggle off the Frequent Locations.

If you still think your data is not safe, you can use FonePaw iOS Transfer to backup your iPhone from time to time so that you can restore data from backup when you lose some important data on your device. This tool can also help iOS users to manage their data like music, videos, playlists, photos, SMS, contacts and more. For example, you can use it to add, export, import and transfer photos from iPhone to computer. All in all, hope you enjoy using iPhone with these tips.

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