In 2007, the Council of Europe and the European Commission –about to reconcile with Apple– organized the firstEuropean Data Protection Day. Since then, the GDPR has been adopted and more and more GAFAM have been singled out by the continental authorities for their lack of rigor in the face of this legislation.
For its part, Cupertino shows itself to be a good student:the firm indeed adopts a position resolutely in favor of safeguarding the privacy of its customers. We know, for example, that it ensuresdo not resell private information to third parties, and that many people consider their iPhone to be more secure than an Android device.
How to go further?
However, there are still some default settings that can be sensitive if your smartphone falls into the wrong hands. As our colleagues atiMore, this is the perfect opportunity to review some tips to make yourself less vulnerable to attacks:
- use along passwordand composed of numbers and letters rather than biometric data from Face ID or Touch ID
- activate two-factor authentication on applications offering it (such as those from Alphabet, your bank orFacebook)
- make automatic double backups, using online storage services like iCloud or Google Drive
- install aantiviruson your iPhone (normally, iOS already blocks the installation of applications from unknown sources and not downloaded from the App Store, a first step towards more protection)
- check that your identifiers are different for each app
- duplicate these principles for the connected objects in your home
- connect the phone to a watch so it alerts you if you forget it somewhere
All of these tips may seem obvious to tech-savvy people, but there are still too many people using code1234(you probably know some) to unlock your mobile so reminding those around you costs nothing!
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