Keep Your Data Secure by Constantly Monitoring Your iPhone

With the launching of iOS 14, Apple has proved again that making iPhone secure for its users has always been their priority. iOS 14 offers its users better control over the iPhone. An intelligent person can still find methods to access your iPhone by bypassing all the security features that Apple offers today.

If a person has to hack your iPhone he/she will have to use your phone once when it was unlocked. Only accessing it like that would provide them with the chance to put in a remote access tool. The tool could be an app that was installed recently. If you recognise any app that was not installed by you on the device, remove it immediately. The apps that are used for spying purposes try to blend in with other apps and for that purpose, they often use the titles like a calendar, notes or calculator.

iOS 14 has an inbuilt ‘recording indicator’. This would help you to know whether your camera or microphone is being used to spy on you. a small dot in green (camera) and orange (microphone) colour above the battery icon would indicate that an app is making use of your camera or microphone without your initiation. You could check which app is making use of the camera or microphone at the control centre and uninstall that app as soon as possible.

Nother method to spy on you is by accessing your iCloud account using your Apple ID and Password. If you back up all your information in the iCloud and you think someone has gained access to your account then immediately change your password and also change the security question or its answer into something you have never used before. You can also make remote access difficult by selecting two-factor authentication. Switching off the iCloud feature of your device would prevent hacking if you do not make use of iCloud for backup.

Look out for signs like starting up and shutting down the device taking longer than usual, screen activities that are not triggered by your actions and app shutting down abruptly or consuming more than usual data. These could be indicators of your iPhone being hacked.

Are you  still suspicious that your information is not secure in your iPhone even after doing all these steps? Then factory reset your phone. Do this step only after verifying that all the data in your phone has already been backed up.