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Finding out that your iPhone has been hacked is one of the great fears we have when we rely on our devices for so much. Considering how we use our phones for everything from banking to paying stores and friends to sending private messages to snapping and sharing videos and photos, the last thing you want is to feel vulnerable knowing that all of that information has fallen into the hands of a stranger who will try and use it for profit. Once you’ve been hacked you will have to go through the trouble of securing your network again. But there are a number of tips you can follow to prevent a hacking in the meantime. Lee Grant, CEO at Wrangu, outlines for SHEFinds.com four things you didn’t know you could do to protect your iPhone from hackers.
A second thing to consider, according to Tan, if you don’t want a different alternative to stop spam, is to remember that you live in a world of third-party applications. “So, stopping unwanted calls using third-party applications will help protect your iPhone from spam,” Tan says.
Never Jailbreak:
“The most important piece of advice for preventing hackers from accessing your iPhone is to never jailbreak it,” Grant says. “Jailbreaking your iPhone gives you access to apps and services that aren't accessible in the Apple App Store, but it also puts your phone at risk of viruses and other infections. You've also invalidated your warranty if you jailbreak your iPhone, so you won't be able to obtain aid from Apple if something goes wrong.”
Enable Spam Blocking Features
Did you know Apple has already thought of nearly everything — including how to prevent spam from getting through to you on your iPhone? There is a spam blocking feature that you actually enable that will reduce or completely banish the amount of spam you get.
“This application offers a unique spam blocking feature that uses a specially crafted list compiled by Google themselves, to use this feature on your phone, click the options button, which would direct you to the Caller ID & Spam settings,” says Olivia Tan, the co-founder of CocoFax. “Here you can activate the Filter Spam Calls option that will block all of the callers recognized as spammers in Google’s database.”
