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iOS 18 Lets You Lock and Hide Your Apps for Added Privacy
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In the event it looks like it just goes to a folder called hidden lol. Makes it even more suspicious lol.
Just hide it completely and only show it when you specifically search for it would be better.
Just hide it completely and only show it when you specifically search for it would be better.
Seriously? What a joke. Free with a prepaid Android phones have had this feature for years now. Insanity!
With the removal of abortion as a protected constitutional right in the United States, some states that have banned abortion are proposing to pass laws that travel into another state for the purposes of seeking an abortion where it may be legal there, is a felony crime. This opens travel history to become admissible evidence in a criminal lawsuit against you, where a search warrant would require Maps route history to be investigated by authorities.
The kids that take your phone
Problem not solved.
There are genuine use cases for my kids to be on my phone that don't fall under "digital babysitter." Choosing music, texting mom or grandparents, and FaceTime are all obvious examples. Now that they are older, I don't worry about it -- most of my apps are boring because they are just for work. But when they were little, them opening Outlook was a real possibility, not because they're nefarious but because they were little kids and they want to tap the things.
Heck, before Calendly became so seamless, I would sometimes hand a device off to someone else so they could check my schedule for making an appointment. It was always in a situation where I trusted them and could keep an eye (class, mostly), but still this added protection would be fine.
Finally, Google Drive and other apps have been able to require Face ID for a while now because of the recognition that they may contain sensitive information (IRB approval, for instance, frequently requires that research data be behind one or more forms of password protection). This update seems to just make that option more standardized.
Nosey people like you 😉
So that people *Friends/Family* don’t know that we like Feet 👣 when they borrow our iPhone.
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Wife, Feds, Kids. In that order.
I'm under no illusion that dating apps will not be a massive use case for this, but that of course doesn't meant that there aren't very legitimate use cases to hide and/or protect an app.
Abusive relationships come to mind, for one, or overly jealous partners that violate their partner's privacy.
Shared devices are another, whether with kids, partners or others, particularly because Apple doesn't support user profiles.
On work devices, it might be desirable to apply special protections to information, eg we use Outlook for work and are required to use biometric authentication to open the app.
In the end, people may have all sorts of reasons to protect their privacy and any measure to support that is good.
Abusive relationships come to mind, for one, or overly jealous partners that violate their partner's privacy.
Shared devices are another, whether with kids, partners or others, particularly because Apple doesn't support user profiles.
On work devices, it might be desirable to apply special protections to information, eg we use Outlook for work and are required to use biometric authentication to open the app.
In the end, people may have all sorts of reasons to protect their privacy and any measure to support that is good.
Oh wow! Paranoid much? Well, you let me know when the first case of this hits the courts. I won't be holding my breath though.
I got an app badge notification from a hidden app. I didn’t know about it until I unlocked the hidden section in the App Library.
Also, a hidden app doesn’t appear in Settings, like Notifications
If your kids can "take" your phone, maybe you shouldn't have things in your phone that they shouldn't be seeing. But, your kid shouldn't be able to "take" and unlock your phone at will in the first place. I hope you're not a gun owner.
That's awesome I can hide messages from my mistress completely from my partner!
iPhone is the right phone to use if you want to cheat on your relationship and not get caught
iPhone is the right phone to use if you want to cheat on your relationship and not get caught
No one is forcing you to use this feature. There may be times you want to give your phone to someone (show a photo, play a game, read a website, etc.)What a zinger!I couldn't care less what anyone has on their phones. The only phone I ever use is mine.
While that is true and worrying, I'd suspect that neither of these features will protect anyone from the authorities. If law enforcement can get into your phone because you are complying with a search warrant, they will be able to access any protected apps as well. If you're not complying and have FaceID/TouchID enabled, your information is already protected in this scenario.
If they have found a way to circumvent all of this, all bets are already off.
The only thing that would truly protect someone in this scenario is by avoiding that this information is collected in the first place.
It asks Face ID first, then after 2 tries it says to enter passcode. I can see in the future maybe a different passcode for locked on device items, like currently with locked notes.
Why you being so weird about this?