5 Steps to Protect your iPhone Congratulations on purchasing your new iPhone ! Within a short period of use your iPhone will contain sensitive personal data e.g. contact information for your friends and family, your schedule, important documents and private communications. To protect your personal information the iPhone provides multiple security features; Passwords, authentication and verification. To protect you data and handset, we would encourage all iPhone users to install syncNscan for comprehensive device & data insurance. www.syncNscan.com
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Below are 5 tips important to enable security on your iPhone.
Keep Notifications off your Lock Screen The iPhone notification centre enables messages, notes and reminders to be conveniently seen on the home screen. But if your phone is stolen you do not want a thief to be able to see your personal messages. To keep your data and messages private, turn off notifications.
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Use a Stronger Password Lock iPhone users often use the touch ID or 4 digit password.
To enable a stronger alpha numeric Password. 1. Launch Settings. 2. Tap Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode). 3. Enter your existing 4-digit passcode. 4. Scroll down and toggle Simple Passcode off. 5. Re-enter your existing 4-digit passcode if you have one. 6. Enter your new long, strong alphanumeric password. 7. Re-enter your new long, strong alphanumeric password
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Switch on 2 Step Verification Security works best when you have multiple layers. Two-factor authentication is one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself against getting your accounts hacked
Keep Your Data Private (Social, Web, Location) iOS makes it easy to review and change your privacy settings. This is useful if you intentionally want to check the information that you enables apps to have access to e.g. location data, contacts, and other sensitive information?
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Wipe Web History and other Data Ideally you should use Safari's private browsing.
Build a habit to regularly clear your browsing history to clear all personal and private data on your iPhone.
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You can also completely wipe your iPhone clean and safe.