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  • Everything You Can Do With a Locked iPhone

    Everything You Can Do With a Locked iPhone

    You can’t pick up a stranger’s iPhones and use it as your own: Authentication measures, like Face ID, Touch ID, and passcodes, ensure the only people who can access our iPhones are us and the people we trust. However, even if you can’t check out someone’s messages or open up their Instagram without unlocking the…


  • How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    Searching for data or photo lockers will lead you to many apps. Some of them are genuinely secure — others, less so — but given that you’re dealing with secure data (documents, photos, security codes, or bank details), you maybe don’t want to trust a third-party iPhone app that happens to have a thousand 5-star…


  • How to Fix the iPhone 13’s ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ Bug

    How to Fix the iPhone 13’s ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ Bug

    So, you bought a brand new iPhone 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, or 13 Pro Max. Congratulations! Are you enjoying the new and improved cameras? The 120 Hz pro displays? Or are you pissed because your $1,349 iPhone 13 won’t unlock when you’re wearing a mask — even though your old iPhone did just fine?…