Phone Privacy Audit for iPhone and Android
Most of what a phone shares, it shares by default. Pick iPhone or Android, then work through twelve settings with the exact menu for each. Tick them off and watch your score climb.
Paths are from recent versions of iOS and may differ slightly on older ones.
Your Privacy Score
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Ticks are saved in this browser only, so you can come back to finish.
How Do I Make My Phone More Private?
Start with the settings that share the most: location access for apps and the camera, permission to read your photo library, ad tracking, and what shows on the lock screen. Then strengthen the basics: a longer passcode, theft protection, and automatic updates. Both iPhone and Android have a built-in privacy review that shows which apps used sensitive permissions recently.
How to Use It
- 1Choose iPhone or Android.
- 2Open each setting using the path shown, change it, then tick it here.
- 3Your score and ticks are saved in this browser, so you can finish later.
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Questions About the Phone Privacy Audit
Twelve settings on iPhone or Android that quietly expose your data, and where to change them.
They change between versions and phone makers. On Samsung and other Android phones, look under Security and privacy, or use the search bar at the top of Settings.
No. It tells you where each setting is and why it matters. You change it on your phone, then tick it here.
Location. Turning it off for the camera stops new photos recording where they were taken, and reviewing app access stops apps tracking where you go.
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An iPhone setting that adds checks when your phone is away from familiar places such as home or work. Some actions then need Face ID or Touch ID with no passcode fallback, and critical security changes can need an hour's wait. It helps if someone sees your passcode and takes your phone.
A screen in Android 12 and later that shows which apps used your location, camera and microphone, and when: over the last 24 hours on Android 12, or the last 7 days on Android 13 and later. You can spot and remove access from there.
You don't have to. Set apps to While Using or Never, and turn off Precise Location for apps that only need your rough area.
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