The Complete iOS Privacy & Security Guide: Your Best Protection!

[@techlore]

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[@gruberaccountancy6965]

U R Awesome !

[@jason-s8c]

How do I encrypt my VOIP channel on iOS?

[@johnf7332]

I’m a security analyst - and I still learned a lot of neat iOS security tricks in this video. Thanks!

[@richtofen4888]

I absolutely love this. It feels like there’s way too little talk about iOS privacy and security, so I’ve been waiting for this for months. Thank you so much Henry :)

[@lemmegetuhh362]

This content is so important. Thank you

[@redeyesdrogon786]

This was extremely informative. I learned a lot and started implementing some of these tips. Awesome video. Can't wait for the next one!

[@danielandrews5357]

Finally! A video on iOS! Been waiting for a long time.

[@1stClassGenesis]

I’m an iOS user and I’m still sad that there is no F-Droid equivalent for iOS.

[@techlore]

Checkout altstore.io although it’s pretty incomplete IMO

[@Minecraft101ToonLink]

Thank you for mentioning the sleep/wake button tip! I already do this every night before I go to sleep, and you should, too!

[@ngelosevs3201]

which part is that?

[@seapanda-117]

Can we get an updated video on this topic please?

[@RicanSoldierBoy]

Sessions would be a better option than Signal. Great video none the less.

[@chiefkeeflover4]

Your channel is so helpful! Thanks!

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

If you have one google account open in Safari and one google account open in firefox, wont they know you are the same person anyway since its the same hardware profile and IP address or no ?

[@Heropool]

I can’t find the iOS security and privacy settings list is it still available?

[@sakaarnayak666]

Needed this video! Thanks

[@unreal_pictoris]

Could you do a new version of this video? I think that there have been many changes in iOS that I miss in this video.

[@techlore]

Thanks for sharing feedback, will forward this along to the Production Team. We do have a list of hundreds of videos planned, but we’ll be sure to get this thrown in. No ETAs, but we’ll consider it in the future. - S

[@unreal_pictoris]

@@techlore Thank you very much. You’re great!

[@MultiDarlysson]

TNice tutorialS WAS SOOOOOO HELPFUL!!

[@dopeboy187]

Great content and massive work here i love watching content about privacy since 2011 I think protecting your privacy is good think

[@newbeginnings9457]

Never realized we could ditch Apple ID! Crazy! Thanks for video!

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

1:48 - You forgot the biggest downside of biometrics: you (usually) can't change them.

[@bigmeany1184]

Interesting point 🤔

[@ML-gz3eq]

Explain

[@InventorZahran]

@@ML-gz3eq Biometrics are measurements of your body's unique properties (fingerprint, face shape, irises, etc.). As such, there is currently no way to change these characteristics.

[@zacky6533]

Don't have a single iOS device. Still watched the whole video.

[@oc3144]

Never had an ios device and never will lol

[@Trashy.]

Why? If you’re using android you’re clearly dumb, the iPhone's integrated design makes security vulnerabilities far less frequent and harder to find, with iOS 14.3 and forward, all the apps you visit will have to explicitly ask for your okay to use the camera and microphone. And just in case you said yes and forgot--you'll see a little green color coded icon up on the top of the screen when the camera is being used and an orange one when the microphone is being accessed.

[@Lucas-ey7qi]

@@Trashy. ios sucks

[@jdgregson]

As a security professional and former Google fanboy who is planning a move to iOS, I agree with everything you have said.

[@13Hangfire]

Thanks for the great info!

[@Zorrorrorro]

I put my pin in so many times I locked myself out of the SIM card. Now nobody can access it! =)

[@raygrosrazor6055]

Do you recommend an app firewall like guardian or lockdown on iOS?

[@RPGamer-bt5wq]

yes

[@michuandkike5502]

Yes but you cant use them with a vpn at the same time

[@richtofen4888]

Michu and Kike Yeah you can. It just depends on the vpn protocol.

[@kovyvuri]

I love how you don’t directly tell people not to use iPhone. Trust me I’d love to have a Pixel with Graphene, but the only phone I have access to besides my main phone is my old iPhone. Both are iPhones. But I can use my old one now for my completely different identity.

[@andrewgrant788]

The problem with disabling biometrics is you then have to repeatedly enter your password increasing the risk of a bad actor learning it.

[@rogerblack2023]

How does the new iCloud end to end encryption change this video? I turned it on myself and it sounds good

[@MC-vr4xi]

Great video! Question: How exactly do you use a VPN and a firewall app such as Lockdown at the same time using iOS? Thanks!

[@frankk2060]

Very useful. Thanks a lot.

[@rubinnn]

Thanks for this

[@johnholme783]

I have the free version of protons VPN. Do you think this is sufficient or should I upgrade to a paid for version?

[@cobramusicbolivia]

doing well and thanks again!

[@Oussama-yb9ck]

the pdf is no longer available

[@kevinthegreat7627]

very good video thanks sub!

[@asadon1950]

Will there be an updated on since apple plans to roll out new features in spring of this year?

[@pizzaburgerslime839]

8:12The thing with spotify is that there is always something that changes, but you have to find out by yourself. Just wtf. Also, I appreciate this video and I'm taking action to protect my privacy

[@CoffeeMonster98]

What about Ecosia Browser? Is this a good browser? And what about Mailfence?

[@leerobinson590]

I have an I phone X but I can't download updates without a wi fi connection. I don't have a WiFi connection at home. Can I download updates using mobile data

[@rajevk7230]

Bro, the activities we did on the iphone .. If we take a photo app .. Can we know that the app was യൂസ്ഡ്???

[@rajevk7230]

Bro, the activities we did on the iphone .. If we take a photos Can we know that the app was used??

[@DJdavefromlondon]

@techlore can you advise how you paid for mint mobile. The video was hard to heat

[@twenty-1]

I have jailbroken my iphone before using uncover. But I used the restore RootFS feature and un-jailbroke my device after a few days and now I am on the latest iOS ( i.e 13.5.1 ). Am I still at risk? or am I totally safe from jailbreaking side-effects?

[@skatcat743]

Because it is semi untethered you should be fine.

[@twenty-1]

skatcat743 thanks, was worried if i’m still unsafe.

[@michaeltinker538]

Just curious what are your thoughts on content blockers for safari like adguard, malwarebytes, lockdown's content blocker, and firefox focus safari implementation option? I usually use firefox focus for any searches, firefox for logging into stuff and safari with said content blockers for if I know I'm going to an ad-heavy website.

[@theskeletalrebel3908]

If you do jailbreak, try to keep up with vulnerabilities and look for open source tweaks to patch them.

[@nealshrestha603]

Great 😀

[@rudeguyhere]

They only track you but still can’t collect your data expect iCloud But you gave too much info ❤️

[@keithb4459]

can you update for ios14??

[@jermm2183]

question: any ios apps that can be used for a more secure youtube front end? Guess invidious works on browser but im ngl I'm too lazy for that every time

[@Swimkid1]

Thank you very much.

[@mynameismarx3954]

What do you think about IOS 14?

[@spideyboigamingyt6571]

Does each tab on safari runs on its own sandbox in case some sites you visit in your spare time are infected by potential virus and malware???

[@beesleyrc759]

Great video! I've been keeping my iPhone on version 13.4.1 mainly because of the contacting tracing "features". In the video you mention automatic phone updates. Do you think it's worth it updating to the newest version and opting out (does Apple actually opt you out?) of the contact tracing "features". I'm kind of torn because while I want the best security, I also care about my privacy and view contact tracing as crossing the line. I don't know whether I should update or not.

[@techlore]

The contact tracing A) Is disabled by default and B) requires an application built for contact tracing to use. If nothing is installed then it won’t even work. There is a serious mail bug fixed in 13.5 that is alone a valid reason to update since the contact tracing will not be on.

[@diegoagz]

I was going to ask this, the video says automatic software updates on but especially now with the child protection stuff coming out is it the best option?

[@ML-gz3eq]

Still waiting on that mobile browser compartmentalization vid😕

[@CaptainB105]

Thank you for talking about Apple in a more positive way.

[@tokododoo]

Any European Sim Card providers you would recommend, if you are looking for something similar(?) as Mint...?

[@techlore]

Hey there & thanks for your question! Unfortunately, due to time constraints we are unable to answer technical questions in the comments. We have a forum (recommended) & a Discord server for you to get help from our communities. Otherwise there are many great privacy-focused public Matrix communities! Forum: discuss.techlore.tech/ Discord: discord.techlore.tech/

[@andynl6443]

Great work, thanks! Do you have same guide for Android Samsung one UI?

[@katadengan_hati]

Damn. Nice job. I realy couldn't find a proper tutorial explaining everytNice tutorialng you needed clearly but then i found tNice tutorials treasure of a video.

[@AhhBaGaW]

Hey, having the KZbin app installed on my iPad probably pretty bad for privacy haha. I’ve heard of things like newpipe for android, but there really doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of apps like that for iOS. I could just use KZbin in a browser if I wanted to, or just add the KZbin website to my home screen. The only issue is the fact that I have 700 songs installed on the app using the KZbin premium “install videos” thing. I really don’t want to switch over to Spotify and have to manually find all songs, especially because a lot of them probably aren’t even on Spotify. So I don’t really know what I’m asking for, but is the KZbin app so bad for privacy that I should just remove it right away if I care about at all, or is it okay enough to have installed? Of course this all comes to what I as an individual am trying to accomplish in terms of privacy, but what do you think? Also, is there a good open source client where I can download songs onto? Similar to Spotify?

[@ihatemylife1007]

I wonder why anybody would have a problem with Apple having a photo of their face they probably have all kind of pictures on social media. Love this tho I’ve been lookin into this the past couple days already done most of the stuff you talked about.

[@TheDarkrider8295]

Would you say to have third party keyboards and stay with stock?

[@techlore]

Great question! Look into the privacy policies of your keyboard. To stay safe, yes we recommend stock. However, there may be FOSS keyboards as well with additional functionality for the user

[@TheDarkrider8295]

Techlore thank you so much

[@3lementa1]

@Techlore, I'm curious. Are you an iPhone or Android user?

[@zainalu]

Hi! Do you think it is safe to use sensitive websites like bank websites to use on iOS or iPad os? Can they steal my password?

[@BreakingElegance]

what do you think about CTemplar vs Protonmail?

[@DrDentalMed]

What do you think about sentinel vpn?

[@ZeroAmplified]

What do you mean by mail drop?

[@mioviodora9026]

Could you maybe do an update on this? Guess a lot has changed ?! 😮

[@techlore]

Hey! It is on the list, however we already have a list of hundreds of video ideas, but we’ll be sure to get this thrown in. No ETAs, but we’ll consider it in the future. - S

[@chirantans2162]

What could be a definitive guide to be safe from spy tools like Pegasus? Would really appreciate if you could do a detailed one just like this one!

[@oliviadrinkwine1411]

And disabling backups will also help with stalkerware that abuse icloud backup to track pretty much everything you do.

[@TheAcepilot123]

Why not use keychain tho 🤔

[@pradap2298]

What did you think about India banning Chinese apps?

[@ahaarnasim1128]

PostmarkOS seems to be working on supporting Apple devices.

[@shanetravel]

Why signal and not telegram ?

[@vIBEDoUT-Channel]

But iOS isn't open source ..

[@decenticedtea]

please be careful people entering incorrect sim password can lock your sim

[@user-lp4mk6ob2q]

«That’s what she SSID” Lmao

[@benjotest5990]

Can you make a top 5 anti viruses for windows

[@Merope4ever]

No, they are all bad for your privacy.

[@MarioShotgun]

use windows defender.

[@adrianavasquez8276]

why does my safari keep saying warning Download a securty app to continue

[@Someone-ox8jg]

Are u getting notifications from calendar too?

[@youtubeus3rname]

10/10

[@marchfriday8467]

im fucked. everyone at the cal tech campus uses me as the pre. pre workout. and dod hates me

[@spiritualscar]

7:48 don’t do it, you will lock yourself out too

[@scottishobsession9245]

I’m confused not hard I grant you but confused none the less . Yourself and the hated one both say in another video that vpns are useless but here you are promoting them ? So vpn yes or no ?

[@techlore]

Neither of us called them entirely useless and both of us said we use them while understanding their limitations

[@jz4003]

For iPhone jailbreaking, I would say, if you are gonna do jailbreaking on your iPhone, why not just choose an android device? get a Samsung instead.

[@TheCzechmate007]

Be careful with 2FA, like Microsoft or Google authenticators... These were developed to track you, connect your phone to your other devices...

[@soullessleftover8427]

*Tip #1:* Sell it and buy your self a pixel phone and flash GrapheneOS.

[@Tom-kt8lu]

CopperheadOS

[@t.k3579]

Get rid of Google software by buying Google hardware!!! Oh the irony...

[@Tom-kt8lu]

@@t.k3579 what is your problem with the Pixel hardware?

[@DJ-zy1vu]

Yeah I’m going to go buy a device from a company that wants to track me 😂😂

[@oliviascalzo9197]

@@DJ-zy1vu It’s the OS that comes with Pixels and other phones that tracks you. Not the hardware. Replacing the stock OS with GrapheneOS removes all Google apps and telemetry.

[@victoriakenyon313]

where Linux

[@ameerahmed6346]

Hi

[@finnk1289]

"Disabling location is extreme" "You have to enter locations manually" Wow, that's so difficult!! I never use location, even with maps. It's not necessary!

[@minecraftminertime]

How do you stop Apple from tracking you since they own your phone?

[@cherjuns3766]

Everyone is at the beggining.

[@bci3937]

And why is that Security also for Criminals available?

[@appleyip708]

You suggested getting rid of iCloud sync, iCloud Drive, Touch ID, Face ID, Safari, which of course can protect your privacy but at the same time defeat the purpose of using an iPhone and limit its potential. So why don’t you just use a non-IOS device then? To me, it sounds like making an iPhone no longer an iPhone anymore...

[@rajraunak4439]

Just came here to told you sir that whatever be Apple takes steps to make iOS more secure,it always be less secure than Graphene OS AND LineageOS...😃😁

[@TheM275]

Agreed..

[@user-mm1wj8il4n]

OMG, do not try to add a SIM PIN on your iPhone overe here in Japan or you will lock your sim pin and have to call your mobile cell carrier service. Errrrrrrrrrr! WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT DO THIS EVER NO MATTER HOW EASY THEY SAY IT IS TO ON A KZbin VIDEO!

[@antpooler]

Who else skipped to zone 3 ?

[@techlore]

Wait, that’s illegal

[@tamino3777]

Jailbreaking is a must😅

[@fartface4544]

Someone please help I have been receiving threats please someone help I have 1 hour left til this person gets me

[@fartface4544]

I mean before they hack me

[@jasonturner1732]

I thought I was to help you. Not talk mumbo jumbo

[@igoat6243]

I dont even use ios lol. just bored

[@ignaciomb7419]

Zone 4: Throw away your phone :)

[@MrREALball]

Everything you do in the first 2 stages might have literally no effect whatsoever on your privacy. What stops iphone from sending data about you (which iphone is more than capable of processing through pretty much any deep learning model)? You can't really monitor the data it sends to the servers. Even if you monitor it through your wifi router, they could still send metadata about you with requests for updates. Apple's privacy is NOTHING more than bs marketing. Even if the toggles actually work and DO what they say, it does nothing to protect your privacy from apple themselves. From third party companies (which are not partnered with apple that is) - sure, these toggles might protect you. From apple - hell no. The very fact that every browser on ios is a safary re-skin is enough for anyone with even a half-functional brain to understand why apple could NEVER be trusted. All apple's marketing bs about how they are "not an advertisement company" is garbage. Because they ARE in ad business, it takes just one search query to find it.

[@tonivoul1971]

Apple users get the ilusion that they are private and call android not private they still live in 2014