Apple Iphone Protips Etc.
I wanted to add some special pro-tips for those who take special photos, videos, screenshots, e-mails. Log in to your [URL]icloud.com[/URL] account with your apple ID on a browser. If your photos are backed up to there and show up in previews, that's fine. But if that's the case, take two security steps next.
First, click on your profile icon on the upper right and hit 'Manage Apple I'd'. It will ask you to log in again and may ping your iphone for 2 factor confirmation. Here, you can see every phone number and device that can unlock your icloud. Make sure you don't have an old share hanging on there, like if you gave your sister an old ipad but didn't disconnect your I'd. These are every device that can get the 6-digit unlock code when online. Remove the ones you don't want. That's step one.
Step 2 is every old ipad or iphone you have that may be logged in to your apple I'd and may be auto synching photos. Go to the 'icloud' tab if you want to see if 'photos' synching is on / off. But since anyone can just toggle that on, best to sign out of your apple I'd on devices that aren't yours. Note it can take minutes or hours for the it to "un-synch" so photos may stay on there but the cloud photos will disappear once it catches up.
Make sure you aren't sharing your location with others. If it's really an issue, turn off location sharing entirely. But it's not an issue for me and I want to have it for Find my iphone in case. And figure out how to name contacts so you know who they are but it is semi-private. Like if you have Priva on speed dail, name it 'Prva te Caller Unknown I'd" or something. My main gmail never has anything on it, people are free to look at it all day. My alt gmail is full of spam and sex ads I didn't ask for, I actually have to search by keyword far back for what I need. Keep it simple like this so it isn't tedious.
Also, when deleting photos, go to your album 'recently deleted' and delete them all rather than waiting the 30 days. Same for text messages. Gmail also has a trash folder for deleted messages. This is not an issue for me, but in case it is that's how you do it. I say this because if it is an issue for you and you have someone who checks, then I just have to say that might not be enough. I only care that innocent people don't accidentally see it without even trying, like if I'm scrolling through photos or email to show a friend something. I store everything on an encrypted drive.
For an encrypted drive I like Bestcrypt by Jetico but I'm sure others have better and more popular solutions. Don't encrypt your whole drive, just encrypt a small volume file that opens up into a drive when you unlock it. Dump what you need there. Backup the entire volume if you like (just make sure the volume is closed so you don't write to it during backup). Never a problem in decades.
To synch iphone or gopro, connect to your PC by USB. Unlock your iphone and hit allow for access. It may take a minute, or even 5-10 minutes depending on your speed (USB-C is fastest). Copy (rather than move) the files, then use the device itself to delete once you confirm it transferred. Backup if it is important, if it is a small encrypted drive it is easy to backup.
Always close all tabs, keep your real tab limited to one so you don't mix up. This is just to prevent an innocent person like a cousin or friend seeing, if you have a SO that checks then you will have to do a lot more such as scorched earth.
Lastly, if you have to have something on your phone for pleasure you can use an app like photo vault that pw protects it (and doesn't slip up like show a preview when you put open apps into card view). The app store sometimes deletes these apps but there's always been working ones.
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