I’m a techie – a simple iPhone hack can save you from a major embarrassment

THERE IS a clever way you can prevent people from snooping on your private data on your iPhone.

Of course, the most obvious way is to have a passcode and not share it with anyone.

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But if someone knows your passcode or you just want to be extra careful, TikToker is MILADE shared a trick that might help.

It’s a hack, which basically means nobody can tap on certain parts of an app.

So let’s say you have a dating app or even a social media app like Instagram.

You can block specific areas from tapping so that private data and messages are not visible.

For this you have to go settings then Accessibility.

Scroll down to Guided Access and turn it on.

Next, triple-click the power button on any social media page.

Circle the part you want to protect with your finger.

This will create a grayed out grid around it.

blow beginningenter a passcode and you’re good to go.

To turn it off at any time, just triple-press the power button again.

Then tap the x next to the grayed out box.

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