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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What are the recommend changes to make iPhone more private? (tilvids.com)

submitted 1 year ago by gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Looking for an answer more detailed than just switch to pixel and use graphene or calyx.

What are the recommended changes to use in the Settings App to make Apple more secure and private? Should I just use the Safari browser due to all the browsers being the same as they all use WebKit

I'm looking for suggested changes to staying minimal but increasing privacy and security on iPhone

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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no privacy on an iPhone. The software is controlled by Apple. You basically don't own your device. All the toggles and different modes are cute, but mean nothing to Apple. They are like the buttons at the pedestrian crossing: you can hit it to make yourself feel good, but they'll keep doing what they do regardless of you hitting it or not.

It's not what you want to hear, but it's the reality of it.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Moreover, resistance to this point, insisting you "don't want to be told" to use something else, is how you betray yourself.

As long as you have this attachment to iPhone, where the very notion of switching to anything else triggers this feeling of annoyance and causes you to pull back reflexively, then you've already surrendered.

Consumer lock-in like this is exactly why Apple, Google and Microsoft get away with so much shit. Learn to walk away and try other things. And that goes for everyone, regardless of what hardware or OS you use.