Apple is known for setting high standards in privacy and data security for its users, but iPhones aren’t immune to hackers. It’s possible for criminals to take sensitive information from numerous iPhone applications that collect it every day — such as browsing history, personal photographs as well as current location and passwords.

You can secure your iPhone from malicious apps by using a secure password that you know and don’t record anywhere (you should already be doing this). The ability to turn off notifications on your lock screen will also stop anyone from accessing your personal information without unlocking your phone.

If you’d like to take it a step farther then you can use the Screen Time feature to create an alphanumeric passcode that you can customize, or disable access to your 4-digit numeric passcode. This makes it harder for a burglar to for your passcode. You can also enable the feature that erases all data from your iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts. This will render your iPhone inaccessible to thieves, although it might be inaccessible to you if are unable to access your iCloud photos or other content.

You should consider installing a security app for your mobile that you trust, like Clario. It can alert you to malicious sites, protect your identity from stealing on Instagram and other social networks, block annoying ads and potentially harmful ones, increase your privacy using a VPN and more.

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