Keep your iPhone safe!
Unfortunately a friend had their iPhone stolen in London - the thieves stole the iPhone out of their hand whilst the phone was unlocked.
Something I have done with my phone today is requested that apps can only be opened using Face ID - from your Home Screen/App Library, press and hold on an app, and a menu will pop up, select “Require Face ID”.
This means even if the phone is unlocked, any thief will be unable to get into the apps that you request this for.
Most banking apps already come with Face ID to unlock (even if the phone is unlocked), but lots of other apps don’t do this, so you can go straight into the app if the phone is unlocked. For example, email apps, Uber, Deliveroo - anything with sensitive information. So if you press and hold down on any app and select “Require Face ID”, this will help stop apps being opened that contain any sensitive information.
If you need to turn this off, then you do the same thing - press and hold the app, and it gives you the option to turn it off.
Please note: Any app you do lock, if you have widgets for, it will remove the widgets. Plus it will affect Siri - for example, if you locked the Music app and asked Siri to play music, you will need to use Face ID to allow Siri to play Music.
I just thought this may be helpful incase anyone unfortunately gets their phone stolen!
Unfortunately a friend had their iPhone stolen in London - the thieves stole the iPhone out of their hand whilst the phone was unlocked.
Something I have done with my phone today is requested that apps can only be opened using Face ID - from your Home Screen/App Library, press and hold on an app, and a menu will pop up, select “Require Face ID”.
This means even if the phone is unlocked, any thief will be unable to get into the apps that you request this for.
Most banking apps already come with Face ID to unlock (even if the phone is unlocked), but lots of other apps don’t do this, so you can go straight into the app if the phone is unlocked. For example, email apps, Uber, Deliveroo - anything with sensitive information. So if you press and hold down on any app and select “Require Face ID”, this will help stop apps being opened that contain any sensitive information.
If you need to turn this off, then you do the same thing - press and hold the app, and it gives you the option to turn it off.
Please note: Any app you do lock, if you have widgets for, it will remove the widgets. Plus it will affect Siri - for example, if you locked the Music app and asked Siri to play music, you will need to use Face ID to allow Siri to play Music.
I just thought this may be helpful incase anyone unfortunately gets their phone stolen!