Privacy & Security

Your iPhone has many privacy tools you may not be aware of. Privacy settings on the iPhone are intuitive and easy to access, such as setting up Face ID or asking apps not to track you. There's actually a lot more you can do to make sure your data is private and secure. Here are the best privacy settings for your iPhone and tips to keep your data safe.

Sharing your location with a trusted contact can be useful for safety purposes or if you want to provide a friend with an estimated time of arrival. However, at some point, you might not want to continue sharing your location. When that happens, here's how to stop sharing your location without them knowing.

Apple's iCloud Keychain now supports passkeys. How do passkeys work? Passkeys are an alternate way to sign into specific accounts, which saves time since you don't need to enter your email and password every time you sign in.

To secure notes when using the Notes app, Apple allows you to create a unique Notes password for each of your Notes accounts—this means you can have a password for notes stored in iCloud, and a separate password for notes you keep only on your iPhone. This way, if you want to keep some notes only on your iPhone under an extra layer of security, you can. Let's go over how to lock the Notes app on the iPhone.

Every day, hackers and scammers find new ways to steal passwords and other important personal information. That’s why it’s important to come up with strong passwords for every critical account. But what are good passwords to use? In this article, we’ll show you how to create a strong password.

If you have an iPhone or iPad with Facial recognition and use Face ID to unlock your device, access apps, and pay for stuff, you’re part of an elite crowd of people who have embraced Face ID and jumped into modern technology feet first. But what should you do if your Face ID is not working or your Face ID is not available? Continue reading for fixes for when your Face ID is disabled that will make your iPhone recognize your face again. We'll also cover the reasons why your Face ID may not be working.