With the new Privacy Update on WhatsApp, many people are talking about this Privacy. This article is about the privacy changes that Apple has made to the iOS operating system. Apple has been passionate about privacy for many years. Apple believes that users who use their products, especially the iPhone, should have an understanding of how their data is used (Privacy and Data Transparency).
01. Sign in with Apple: You have seen options like Sign in with Google / Login with Facebook on many web sites and apps. But because it collects user email and other personal information, Apple provided this signing with the Apple facility. The special feature here is that you can use the Random Email Address provided by Apple instead of your Email Address. This will prevent annoying News Letters / Promotion / Ads from reaching your Email Address.
02. Location Usage Request: If an app accesses your geolocation, it allows the user to grant permission. The special feature here is the ability to enable the Location Service only when using the relevant service.
03. Clipboard Access Notification: You can see this notification every time you copy and paste something from another app and it will also give you a hint about if an app accesses your clipboard without notifying you. A number of popular apps, including Tiktok, embarrassed by this and were later removed.
04. Camera and Microphone Recent Usage: This will make the user aware of the apps that are using your camera and microphone. Upon accessing the Control Panel, the app shows the camera or microphone used.
05. Camera and Microphone Usage Indicator: When an app accesses your camera, a green mark is made and if the microphone is accessed, an orange sign is indicated near the signal bar. This allows you to block camera or microphone access without notifying you of an app.
06. Safari Privacy Report (Intelligent Tracking Prevention): This allows Safari Browser to track the activities that you visit on a particular website (Browser Activities) by other websites and how many Tracking Sites can be blocked. To do so, go to Safari Browser, tap on View Option [AA] in the Address Bar and go to Privacy Report. It allows you to see how many websites are tracking you.
07. Trust Your Device: You often use a charger to charge your iPhone, but sometimes you have to connect it to a computer and charge it. But when you connect your iPhone to a guest computer, even if the phone is unlocked, asking for your passcode again will prevent you from unknowingly transferring data.
08. Private Address in WIFI: Normally when you join a WIFI network your device will share a unique identification number called MAC Address to the network and it will always be one. This allows you to easily track your device, and this private address on iOS uses a different MAC address on different networks, blocking you from being tracked. (Settings -> WIFI -> Connected SSID (WIFI Name) -> Info -> Private Address)
09. Precise Location: If you do not want to give your location to an app, you can stop it by going to Settings> Privacy> Location Service App Name> Precise Location. This gives the app only the approximate location you have.10. Local Network If an app communicates with a device on your local network, that is, on the WIFI network, the permission for that is stated here. This will allow an app to control the hardware on the local network without your control.
Settings> Privacy> Location Service App Name> Precise Location
10. Selected Photos: This feature may make it difficult for you to use the app that works with Photos after you update to iOS 14. What happens here is that instead of giving full access to your image gallery, only the photos you have selected will be allowed to access the relevant app.
11. App Usage and Analytics: This allows developers to limit the sharing of errors and usage patterns (crash data and analytics) that may occur when using an app.
Settings -> Privacy -> Analytics & Improvement -> Share with App Developers
12. Quick Disable FaceID / TouchID: This is also a very small but important safety feature. If at some point someone tries to unlock your phone by forcibly pointing it at your finger or face, this can thwart that attempt. What happens here is that by pressing power + volume up you will be taken to the Shutdown screen and the passcode will be prompted when unlocking again.
13. Control Third Party Keyboard Access: Third-party keyboards sometimes have more features than stock keyboards. But if they get what you type, they have the opportunity to control it. (Often this data is used by developers to improve features such as Auto-Correction / Auto Suggestion) But if you do not wish to provide such data, this will allow you to limit it.
Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Select Third Party Keyboard -> Disable Allow Full Access
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