Your iPhone holds your money, your messages, your photos, and the keys to every account you own. Hardening it does not require paranoia or a weekend — it requires four deliberate moves, and Apple has already built every one of them into Settings. Set a timer for fifteen minutes and work through this in order. Every path below is exact; nothing here needs an app or a subscription.

Lock It Down: A 15-Minute iPhone Privacy Hardening
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