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How to Make Your iPhone More Secure With Simple Steps
We are living in the era where we almost lose our breath with the
thought of losing our phone. We keep everything in our phone from images
to personal documents to the best of our memories. The security of our
phone is a serious matter of concern. Though the iPhone is very much
secure however taking some extra measures is always helpful.
Alphanumeric passcode
A strong alpha numeric passcode is the first step towards making your
device secure. It is suggested to use a combination of alpha-numeric
characters to make the password hard to guess. Apart from that face Id
or touch Id adds extra security. It creates another shield which is hard
to break.
Turn off Lock screen options
Even if you have used a strong passcode the notifications on your lock
screen can reveal a lot of sensitive information to someone. You email,
message notifications can contain sensitive information about your
finance, privacy and private information. Siri is also a way to pass on
the information from lock screen. Siri is helpful to you and to someone
who got your phone too. To keep your information and data safe you
should turn the lock screen notifications off.
To turn it off, navigate to Settings>> Passcode>> Touch I’d
and Passcode>> “Allow access when locked” and disable control
center and Siri
Turn on two-step verification
To steps verification is an additional layer of security. With
two step verification you can set up trusted device to receive SMS
code. After you set up two step verification for apple I’d and iCloud
you need to enter your password and 4 digit verification code to verify
that you are authentic user.
To set up two step verification
- Enter your apple I’d
- Hit password and security
- And then two step verification
Two-step verification eliminates the chances of your apple I’d been used by someone else.
Data protection
Guess a four-digit passcode is not tough for a thief or hacker. Even
after spending some time with your phone they can decode your six-digit
passcode. iPhone has this feature of data protection. If this feature is
enabled, iPhone will wipe all the data of your device after 10
unsuccessful attempts. iPhone adds an automatic delay in attempts after 4
unsuccessful attempts and increases it further.
To enable the settings, navigate to settings>> touch I’d and
passcode>> scroll down to erase data and turn the feature on.
Turn off browser cookies
Every browser saves some cookies for the websites and leaves it for your
device. Cookies basically remember your information and help you keep
logged in to the websites. This is helpful in some cases and stress too.
Anyone who has access to your phone can access your information with
the browser as cookies generally save passwords.
It is recommended to turn off the cookies and it will just cause a
little bit of discomfort which is not the big deal to protect your data.
To turn off cookies, navigate to Settings>>Safari>> Privacy
and security and disable cookies.
Find my phone
This the most important thing you need to do once you own an iPhone.
Always make sure that you have enabled “Find my phone”. With this
setting enabled you can track your phone if you lose it. With this
feature, you can locate your phone on a map and if in case you are
unable to find your phone you can wipe data completely.
Cybercrime is increasing day by day and our security is in our hands.
Taking a few precautions is always better than a regret later.
