An overview of the powerful privacy and security features of iOS 16

The headquarters of Cupertino with its dozens of developers and engineers seems to be finalizing the development of the final version of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. However, with many new things in the pipeline that we will not see in the first version at the start of the fall, we can only review and analyze in detail what are the main novelties of these new operating systems. On this occasion, we will discuss the main changes introduced and related to privacy and security on iPhone and iPad. We’ll tell you after the jump.

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allows the user to quickly access privacy controls and permissions. The option is available in the Settings > Privacy > Security Control menu.

Once inside we will have two options. In the first, we can perform a privacy reset for all users to avoid changes that have not been accepted by the user. Among this reset are changing Apple ID password, third-party access to user information, etc. The second option lets you make a detailed access edit and manually control privacy.

There is also a quick exit button to the home screen in the top right. This button allows you to quickly exit this option in case the user is in danger.

Additional control via Face ID

Additional security measures have also been integrated at various levels. Among them, one of the options is block access to hidden and/or recently deleted albums. To access this content, we only have to unlock access through Face ID, Touch ID or passcode depending on the device we are on.

Face ID is also improving with the ability to unlock the device in landscape format on devices after iPhone 13. We told you about it a few weeks ago in iPhone News.

Apple Quick Security Updates

Another of the novelties presented by Apple in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 are those known as Quick security responses. It is nothing more than an authorization given by the user to Apple for download security updates separately from the software update. That is, software updates (such as iOS 16.1) and security updates will be released in parallel.

These security updates may be automatically downloaded and installed

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On the other hand, we also talked in iPhone News about another relevant option: the arrival of Lock mode oh Blocking mode. This mode can be enabled on the device running iOS 16 or iPadOS 16 and functionality will be limited to ensure maximum security and integrity of user information. This mode limits the accessible web technologies, the people who can contact the user as well as the limitation of the functions of other services.

Finally, another of the novelties introduced by Apple in iOS 16 is the arrival of the request for permission by applications to access the clipboard. A security measure that guarantees the continuity functions in which the safety of the user always prevails.