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Top 7 Tips to Make Your iPhone More Secure

November 23, 2017

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Have you ever imagined, how much information your iPhone can reveal to a stranger even when lying on a table in front of you? From personal information to financial data, it can pass a lot to a stranger that you cannot afford.  

In spite of the fact that iOS gadgets are considered to be more secure when compared to other gadgets, there are still ways for somebody to access your personal information if your iPhone or iPad is inaccurately setup or setup for comfort rather than security.

We have collected these 8 essential tips to enable you to secure your iOS gadget. Let’s have a closer look every one of them:

1. Use a strong password

The installation of spyware on an iOS gadget quite often requires the hacker to have physical access to the gadget. To guarantee your gadget is secure, set a 6 digit passcode for opening it.

The most effective way to secure your information is to utilize a strong password rather than a simple 4 digit pin for opening your iPhone. It’s a smart idea to utilize a blend of symbols, letters, and digits. It’s far better if the password is asked immediately after the lock screen. It will decrease the chances of a criminal being able to guess your password.

2. Enable two-step authentication on your iCloud account

A few organizations offer services that can extract information from an iCloud account. Typically, the hacker would need to enter the user’s Apple ID and password to begin catching the information from the iCloud account, for example, instant messages, photographs and mobile application data.

With the help of 2-step authentication, you enlist a trusted device that can get 4-digit confirmation codes either through SMS or Find My iPhone service. After that, anytime you (or a hacker) try to access your iCloud account, Apple ID or make an iTunes, iBooks, or App Store purchase of a new device, you will have to enter the 4-digit confirmation code along with the password.

3. Disable Siri on lock screen

Siri is an excellent feature in iPhones, but sometimes this helpful personal assistant can give away some information that you would want to keep secret. Anyone can give instructions to Siri on a lock screen while you are away from your iPhone if you have not disabled this feature.

It’s not important to turn it off totally, but rather you will be more secure if you do not allow to access it from a lock screen or on a Hello Siri voice command. Keep in mind: Siri can receive commands from anyone, not just from the owner of the device it works on.

4. Disable automatic backups to iCloud

If you don’t need your information to be moved automatically to iCloud and would like to manage your backups on your PC utilizing iTunes, then we would recommend disabling the feature that back-up your data to iCloud.

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5. Encrypt your iTunes backups

iTunes backups have a complete copy of the information hung on your iOS device and are regularly neglected as a risk of information compromise.

If a hacker gains access to iTunes backup from your PC they would gain access to all of your text messages, call logs, app data, pictures and much more. To guarantee your iTunes backup is secure, encrypt it with a strong and secret password in iTunes.

6. Don’t jailbreak your iPhone

Jailbroken Apple Phone is easy to be attacked or hacked than non-jailbroken iPhone. So for the sake of your iPhone’s security, you should not do a jailbreak. In case you are much attracted by jailbreaking, you should download powerful antivirus software on your device.

You must keep your iOS version up-to-date to protect your device from spyware.

7. Get used to VPN

A Virtual Private Network is an absolute necessity. A VPN can bring additional security to everybody who utilizes an iPhone in various wireless networks, including unknown ones. Some VPN services are free of cost while some are paid, however, it is good to spend a few dollars in order to protect your confidential information. It will encrypt all Internet traffic (incoming as well as outgoing) making it useless to capture and analyze.

8. Turn off cookies in your web browser

Cookies are small documents which almost every site creates and leaves on your gadget. They may contain some data about you, your PC or cell phone, and your preferences.

They enable sites to keep you signed in, or to show you some relevant information including advertisements, however, sometimes they might be extremely useful to cybercriminals as they can contain login credentials and other personal information.

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Frankly, turning off cookies may bring you more worry than relief; however, it helps your information by being more secure. Additionally, some discomfort isn’t the great value you need to pay for information protection. It will lessen the danger of unauthorized utilization of your credentials and any other information stored in cookie files.

9. Turn off the AutoFill option in your web browser

If an individual gets your iPhone, chances are he/she will have the ability to sign in as you on various websites. You don’t want this to happen, isn’t that right? Then turn it off! Once more, you’ll experience some hassles, however, its ok, to avoid some serious troubles.

Conclusion

Security of the information on the iPhone is an essential thing that you should be worried about. In spite of the fact that, it isn’t easy for a cybercriminal to break into the iPhone, you need to pay attention to the security tips that will improve protection of your confidential information. The methods described above will without a doubt help you in building desired security for iPhone.

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