It's pretty simple actually: as long as you set up a password or PIN for the iPhone or iPad's lockscreen, the device is encrypted. Without knowing the access code, nobody can unlock it, which means ...

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a little file on your iPhone called “consolidated.db” that records your whereabouts every so often. Some people are upset about it and some people are saying it’s not ...

When posting this morning about iOS devices tracking their users' every move, I asked whether you thought it was cool or creepy. My colleague Brendan Coffey's initial reaction was "creepy." I, on the ...

Here's how to set Apple's backup systems for Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices to encrypt the copies of your data. User privacy is a big deal for Apple, which has gone to considerable lengths to enable ...

An online privacy company said on Sunday (Dec. 1) that a database housing millions of private SMS text messages were exposed online for an extended period. According to cybersecurity experts, ...

Encryption is a vital self-defense tool, so here's how to enable it on all your devices and computers running the major OSes The FBI’s inability to crack a terrorist’s iPhone 5c shows the strong ...

Experts claimed that iPhone backup files are not as safe as users think. Right now, backup files are very important since hackers and other malicious attackers are creating new methods on how to ...

With the revelations of wiretapping and signal interception that came to light with the Edward Snowden document leaks, encryption has been coming up in conversations more often than in years gone by.

An interesting question that caught my attention dropped into my Hardware 2.0 mailbox over the weekend. "The more I use my iPhone, the more I feel like I'm sending and receiving a lot of important -- ...

It was revealed today that iPhones and iPads have been tracking and storing your location and backing it up to your Mac every time you sync. That has some privacy nuts nervous, and rightfully so. The ...

Q: Now that I know Apple has been using my iPhone to track every move I've made for the past year, I'm worried that the data is going to get into the wrong hands. How can I prevent this from happening ...

iPhones running iOS 4.0 or higher use very strong encryption to protect your data. But somebody just broke it. All iOS devices have 256-bit encryption, and the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 additionally ...