5 Common iPhone Browsing Mistakes That Make Your Phone Susceptible To Hackers, Security Experts Warn

If you have an iPhone, you have a pretty secure device with an operating system that goes to great lengths to keep it that way. Generally speaking, your Safari browser isn’t the easiest to hack, thank goodness. Unless you are jailbreaking your device and downloading apps that have not been approved by Apple, it’s hard to get a virus on your iPhone thanks to Apple’s built-in security features.

Of course, mistakes happen. They usually happen when we do things like open up unfamiliar attachments or put in our passwords in a public space, where a hacker could be watching us our every move. But to keep your Safari browser as secure as possible, you can help by avoiding these common browsing mistakes.

When you try to visit a website that is suspicious, Apple does a great job of blocking you from entering it before it potentially infects your system with malware. But this can only happen if you have security warnings enabled. Go to Safari > Settings > Security and make sure this feature is turned on.

When Location Services is enabled, your device becomes privy to your every move. Unless this is necessary for an app to function, you can turn this off by heading to Safari > Preferences > Privacy and turning off location services for Safari.