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Privacy & Security tips

Privacy tips that change a real switch: location, tracking prompts, lock-screen previews, hidden apps, and the checks worth doing once a year. Nothing here promises you are invisible.

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  1. Privacy & SecurityUse a temporary ChatGPT chat when you do not want it savedTurn Temporary chat on before you type. It is not added to history and it does not update memory.Easy · 1 min
  2. Privacy & SecurityKnow where Lockdown Mode is, and what it breaksSettings > Privacy & Security > Lockdown Mode. It is for people who believe they may be personally targeted.Moderate · 3 min
  3. Privacy & SecurityUse Safety Check to review what you are sharingSettings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check. Emergency Reset is the fast path. Manage Sharing is the careful one.Moderate · 5 min
  4. Privacy & SecurityTurn on Theft Detection LockThe phone can lock itself if it is snatched and the thief moves off quickly. The switch is grayed out on phones that lack the feature.Moderate · 2 min
  5. Privacy & SecurityPut sensitive apps in a Private spaceSettings > Security & privacy > Private space. Apps in there stop running while the space is locked.Moderate · 5 min
  6. Privacy & SecurityHide notification text on the Android lock screenChoose show sensitive content only when unlocked, or show nothing.Easy · 1 min
  7. Privacy & SecurityLock an app behind Face ID, or hide itTouch and hold the icon, tap Require Face ID, then Lock or Hide.Easy · 1 min
  8. Privacy & SecurityTurn on the privacy report and read it tomorrowIt records which apps used the camera, microphone, location, and which domains they contacted.Easy · 1 min
  9. Privacy & SecurityStop apps from asking to track youSettings > Privacy & Security > Tracking. Turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track.Easy · 1 min
  10. Privacy & SecurityTurn off Precise Location for apps that do not need your doorstepSettings > Privacy & Security > Location Services, then the app. Precise Location is its own switch.Easy · 2 min
  11. Privacy & SecurityMake a throwaway address that forwards to youHide My Email is under your name, then iCloud. You can delete the address later.Easy · 2 min
  12. Privacy & SecuritySet AirDrop to Contacts OnlySettings > General > AirDrop. Everyone for 10 Minutes is the setting for a one-off transfer.Easy · 1 min
  13. Privacy & SecurityShorten Auto-Lock so the screen does not stay onSettings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock. Thirty seconds is the impatient setting.Easy · 1 min
  14. Privacy & SecurityRun Chrome's password checkupGoogle Password Manager has a Checkup page for breached, reused, and weak passwords.Easy · 3 min
  15. Privacy & SecurityStop websites from asking to send notificationsSet the Chrome default to Don't allow, then revoke the sites you already accepted.Easy · 2 min

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