Protect Your iPhone Before Lending It To Someone Else — Here's How

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There are times when lending an iPhone feels like the right thing to do but comes with a concern about handing over Apple passwords, payment information, and more to someone else. Thankfully, there is a way to protect data, logins, and even access to apps and features, making it much safer to share an iPhone when the need arises.

Apple has made a point of boasting about its privacy and security features. But, in truth, an iPhone goes much further to protect the user from tracking and being somewhat of a walled garden. The App Store tends to be a safer place to shop for apps than competing solutions from Google and Samsung. Apple even helps its users keep their information secure when sharing with others using a feature called Guided Access.

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Users can set up the iPhone to stay within a particular app, which allows, for example, the phone app or camera app to be shared and nothing else. Apple goes a step further. Parts of the screen can be blocked from receiving touch input, preventing the borrower from using the on-screen buttons to view contacts or browse photos. There are plenty of options to fine-tune how Guided Access works, and once set up, Apple made it quick and easy to use, only requiring a triple-click to enable it.

Users must set up the iPhone's Guided Access before using it, and the options are found in the Settings app, under the Accessibility tab. It should be enabled, and Accessibility Shortcut allows the use of a triple-click to activate using the side button or the Home button when using a Touch ID iPhone. If preferred, guided Access can also be added to Control Center, but exiting still requires a triple-click. In these settings,