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How to Protect Yourself from Suspicious Websites

When you’re browsing the web on  your iPhone or iPad, it’s important to protect your information from malicious or fraudulent websites. The problem with this is you can’t always tell which websites are legitimate and which could cause your device trouble or steal your information. However, Safari has a built in function that will warn you with a Fraudulent Website Warning before you open a suspicious website. Here’s how to turn this on.

Open the Settings app and Tap Safari. Turn on Fraudulent Website Warning.

  
That’s it! Now when you open websites in Safari that aren’t safe, you’ll get a warning and can back out of the suspicious website. Specifically, the feature warns against websites suspected of phishing for information. According to Apple’s website, “Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to steal your personal information, such as passwords, account information, or user names. A fraudulent website masquerades as a legitimate one, such as a bank, financial institution, or email service provider.”

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How to Check Lock Screen Notifications without Triggering Touch ID

Touch ID has seen some major improvements since the release of the iPhone 6s. It’s more accurate and works much more often than it used to. But now, I find Touch ID unlocks my iPhone before I have a chance to check the notification that has popped up. Or, if I’m driving and I just want to change the song from the Lock screen, sometimes Touch ID works too quickly and I end up unlocking my iPhone and having to take the extra step of opening the Music app. Well, here’s our trick to get around that.

We’re used to pressing the Home button to wake our phone up and check notifications that have come in. But if you have Touch ID, get into the habit of using your Wake/Sleep button instead. If you’re trying to access your phone, of course you want Touch ID to work wonderfully. However, if you’re just trying to see who recently sent you a text, use your Wake/Sleep button.

How to Check Lock Screen Notifications When You Have Touch ID

 

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