Sometimes you do not need to be a technical expert to protect personal data - it is enough to make some simple settings on your iPhone. This will protect your messages, photos, videos and other important data from curious eyes.
To avoid situations where someone can easily access your personal data, you need to limit access to them on the lock screen. To do this, go to "Settings" - "Face ID and Password" - "Allow access to blocking". Here you can choose which content will be available even with a blocked phone, such as notifications, Siri or lock -up widgets. This simple step will increase your privacy, as you can limit access to the most important data.
Another useful way to ensure privacy is to hide preliminary notifications. To do this, go to "Settings" - "Message" - "Show preview" and select "When unlocked" or "never". This will allow you to keep your privacy because notifications will not be displayed on the lock screen. If you want to hide notifications only from certain applications, you can change the settings for each separately. For additional protection of personal applications, such as WhatsApp or other messengers, you can adjust them so that you need to use the Face ID to open, even if your iPhone is already unlocked. To do this, click on the application icon and select Require Face ID. To make the app completely hidden, you can move it to the Hidden folder. To see the app, you need to get authentication via Face ID. Sometimes it is important to hide not only applications but also some photos. The iPhone has a feature for hiding images that can be found in "hidden" in the Appendix. To hide the photo, just hold it and select Hide. If you want to make a hidden folder invisible, go to "Settings" - "Appendices" - "Photos" and turn off the "Show the hidden album". For those who worry about potential access of outsiders to personal information, there is a " security check" function. It allows you to see what apps or people have access to your information such as location or photography. This feature can be found in "Settings" - "Privacy and Security" - "Security Checking". There you can stop accessing your data or have an emergency check for unwanted access.
These simple settings allow you to protect your personal information and increase privacy when using your iPhone.
