That’s why you shouldset up Find My iPhoneand knowwhat to do if your iPhone is lost or stolen.
Other ways to control the privacy of your data are also available.
Information in this article applies to iPhones running iOS 12 or iOS 11 unless noted otherwise.
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Most of these features are available in the iPhone Privacy tweaks.
To find the privacy prefs, tap theSettingsapp and selectPrivacy.
Location Services are turned on by default, but you should check out your options.
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In thePrivacyscreen, tapLocation Servicesto see the options.
View these tweaks in the main privacy tweaks screen, accessible atSettings>Privacy.
Move the sliders to Off/whitefor apps you don’t want to have access to the data.
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Denying some apps access to your data may affect how they work.
Photos and Camera
These two options work the same way.
The apps listed on the screen want access to theCamera appor the pictures in the Photos app.
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You might not be able to see this data, but apps can.
Turn off app access to your photos with sliders, though doing that may limit their features.
The Photos and Notes apps also give you ways to hide photos for privacy.
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Learn aboutHow to Hide Photos On iPhone.
This could bemusic you synced to the phoneor downloaded fromApple Music.
This setting is called Media Library in some older versions of iOS.
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Use this setting to control which apps have access to that data.
Tap each app to reveal the options for the data that each app can access in Health.
This section controls preferences for these apps and devices and the data they can access.
This is great for an audio note-taking app, but it presents security risks.
Speech Recognition
IniOS 10and up, the iPhone supports more powerful speech recognition features than ever before.
Speak to your iPhone and apps to interact with them.
Apps that want to take advantage of these features show up on this screen.
Keep this feature on by leaving the slider at green or turn it off by moving it to white.
This setting was removed from recent versions of the iOS.
Logging into social media through the OS is no longer available.
Your information is anonymous so Apple doesn’t know specifically who it’s coming from.
To block all analytics sharing, move theShare iPhone & Watch Analyticsslider to Off/white.
You also have the option to review the data you’ve sent in theAnalytics Datamenu.
Advertising
Advertisers can track your movements around the web and the ads you see.
To reduce the amount of ad tracking that happens, move theLimit Ad Trackingslider to On/green.
With it, there’s a ton of important personal data sitting on your wrist.
Here’s how to protect it.
Other security and privacy steps include:
