– Is someone tracking
your iPhone right now? If they are your privacy, your data, and most importantly your
personal safety are at risk. – They could be recording your screen, spying on you through the camera
or using Bluetooth devices that sound like something
out of a "James Bond" movie. – From jealous lovers to
overzealous companies, we'll talk about the real
ways iPhones get tracked and had to shut that down for good. – First let's talk about people who may be tracking you
using iPhone features that are designed to share your location.
– The first one, Share My Location. – Open Settings, scroll down
and tap Privacy and Security. Then tap Location Services,
then tap Share My Location. – Make sure there isn't anyone here who doesn't need access to your location. – To stop sharing your
location with someone tap on their name and then
tap stop sharing my location. – Next up the Find My App, which has a feature that
can notify other people when your location changes. – Let's close out of settings open Find My and tap on the me tab in the lower right hand
corner of the screen then look for a notifications
about you section.
– If you don't see this
section on your iPhone, don't worry about it. You're not sending your
location to anyone. If you do see notifications about you, you can tap on the person's name to see more about what's
being shared with them. – And we bet you didn't
know this to prevent theft, your iPhone remains fineable
through the Find My Network for up to 24 hours after it's powered off. – When you turn off, Find
My you think you'd be safe, but there is a way to
turn it off immediately if you need to.
– [Host] When you go to
turn off your iPhone. – [David] So I will press
and hold the side button and the volume down button. – [Host] Tap on iPhone
findable after power off underneath the power slider, okay? – [David] And then it says iPhone remains Findable after power off and you can choose
temporarily turn off finding. – It's also possible somebody is tracking you through the
map app using ETA sharing. Let's close out of fine
my and open the Map app. Then swipe up and tap on the
more button next to recents and then tap on the information button next to one of your favorites and here you'll see share ETA
and you'll be a list of people who can see your ETA when you're going to
one of your favorites. – You might not even
know these features exist as part of researching this video. I learned a bunch. – I don't use Apple Maps
because I think it sucks. I use Google Maps and it's also possible somebody is tracking you in that app.
Let's close out Apple Maps, open Google Maps and
tap on your account icon in the upper right hand
corner of the screen. Then tap on location sharing and if you're sharing
your location with people, they'll show up here. – Before we talk about the signs that someone is tracking
you without your knowledge, give this video a thumbs up. It helps us out a lot. – One of the first big signs
is increased data usage because they're collecting
data on your iPhone and sending it somewhere else. To check the data usage on your iPhone let's close out a Google
Maps, open up settings, then tap cellular and look
at the cellular data usage during this current period.
– The current period doesn't correspond to anything except for the last time you reset these statistics. So if you scroll all the way
to the bottom of this menu, there is a reset statistics button if you want to you can
reset the statistics and then track your data usage from there. – Another sign someone is tracking you is increased battery usage or there could be an app on your iPhone that's draining all of your battery life. To check, let's head back to
the main page of settings, scroll down and tap battery and then take a look at your
usage over the last 10 days, are there any unexpected
spikes in your battery usage? – If there are or you see an app up here like Spy on my Spouse, yeah,
then that's a red flag.
– Yeah, you can scroll down and just take a look at which apps are using the most battery life. – If your iPhone is heating up even when you're not using
it, that's another red flag. It's normal for your iPhone to heat up when you're playing a
3D game for instance. But if it's happening all the time, that means that there's some process running in the background and that process could be tracking you. – The next is screenshots on your phone that you didn't take it's possible somebody is recording your
screen, taking those screenshots and sending them off somewhere else.
To check, let's close out of settings, open photos and then scroll down and tap on the screenshots album and you'll see a list
of all your screenshots. Look for anything out of the ordinary. – The other place to check is in the screen recordings folder people could be recording your screen too. – [Host] Let's tap back
upper left hand corner of the screen, tap on screen recordings
and look for anything out of the ordinary. – And if you see a bunch
of screenshots of the clock or your home screen,
just join the rest of us and know that you're
accidentally taking them in your pocket.
– A couple other signs, maybe your phone is just waking
up and randomly making noise when you're not doing
anything or it's turning off and back on on its own. – Both of which, and a lot of these can be
signs of software issues, not necessarily that you're being tracked. – The next red flags that
the camera or microphone are in use even when you're using apps that don't require the
camera or microphone. Fortunately Apple built
in a really cool way to see if they're being used right now. So as you can see in the
upper right hand corner of my phone right now, I've got that nice orange dot 'cause we're doing the screen recording and the microphone is in use. If you see one of these dots, you can open control
center by swiping down from the upper right
hand corner of the screen and tapping on the microphone
at the top of the screen. Right now it says the system
is using my microphone.
– We know why, but if you don't know why, then that could be a major red flag. – Another red flag is hearing
weird noises on phone calls. That's a sign that your
phone might be being tapped. – It happened in the "Crown"
and it happens today too. The next red flag is if screen time and content privacy restrictions are enabled on your iPhone
without your knowledge and if they are, that
can inhibit your ability to change some of the settings we're gonna talk about
later in this video. – [Host] Let's head back
into the settings app, tap back to the main page of settings, then tap on screen time, tap content and privacy restrictions and look at the switch next to content and privacy restrictions.
– This is great for kids, but if this is on without your
consent, turn the switch off. – I'll tap the switch and turn it off and I have to enter my
screen time passcode. This passcode might not be
the same as the passcode of your iPhone. – If you don't know what it is and you don't know who
set it up, huge red flag. And before we talk about the
settings you need to change, there's one more red flag. Check the list of apps that
are installed on your iPhone and look to see if there's
anything nefarious. – Yeah, let's tap back to
the main page of settings and then scroll down to your list of apps.
Just take a look through here, make sure there's nothing
in here you don't want, like spouse Spire 2.0. – 2.0. – Let's talk about some of the
settings to check in change. The first is email forwarding. This is a feature that is offered by pretty
much every email provider. How do you know your emails aren't being forwarded
without your knowledge? – We can't walk you through
every single email provider in this video, but we are gonna talk about
the two most popular ones on an iPhone. So we'll start with Gmail
and then we'll do iCloud. – We're gonna use a computer for this 'cause it's easier on a website
than it is on your phone.
– I'm on gmail.com. I'm gonna click the settings gear in the upper right hand
corner of the screen and then click see all settings Then I'll tap forwarding and POP/MAP. And if you see the forward
to copy of this email to anything is there
that you don't expect, just choose disable forwarding here and then at the bottom
choose save changes. Next up iCloud, I'll tap on mail and then in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen I'll tap that setting skier
and then tap preferences and then right here in the
middle is the forwarding section. If you see forward my email too.
And then an email address
that you don't recognize, uncheck that box tap done in the upper right hand
corner of the screen. – Next, let's talk about text message or iMessage forwarding. Somebody could be tracking
you by having your iMessages and text messages sent to a
device you weren't aware of. In the settings app, scroll
down and tap on messages and scroll down and tap
text message forwarding to make sure only the
devices that are selected are ones that you want your
messages being forwarded to. – And you have to be careful
of regular text messages and MMS messages too
because those often appear on a phone bill and they can be accessed
through your carrier. – Next up is Reed Receipts, this lets people know when
you've read their text message. To turn them off, tap back in the upper left
hand corner of the screen, one below text message forwarding is send read receipts,
turn that switch off.
– And if you're enjoying this video, please subscribe to our channel. It helps us out a lot. – Just like with text, we wanna make sure our phone calls aren't showing up on other devices. Let's tap back to the
main page of settings one above messages is phone, tap on that. Then tap calls on other devices and just look at this list of devices. Make sure your calls aren't forwarding anywhere you don't want them to be. – And while we're here in settings, we need to make sure that your
calls aren't being forwarded to a number that you don't control.
– Let's tap back to phone and let's look in this
list for call forwarding. – That's why we've brought this
phone in here in the center it's a different carrier, so different settings can
show up in these menus. This one's on tangle open settings, and I'll scroll down to
the phone app, tap on that, and then I have call forwarding here. I'll tap on that and I have a switch here that I could turn on. If it was on on your phone, then you could turn off that switch. But even if you don't see call forwarding, that doesn't mean that call
forwarding isn't enabled with your cell phone carrier. Fortunately, there's an
easy way to turn it off that works on AT&T and
Verizon and T-Mobile and a slew of other carriers.
– Let's close that of settings. Open the phone app, go to
the keypad and dial *73, then press call. – Verizon says that even
if you just hear a tone, which is what we've heard,
don't worry about it. It still means that call
forwarding has been disabled. – But don't be afraid to
call your wireless carrier just to make really sure
your calls aren't forwarding because some carriers
have unique features. – Like the ability to forward
individual phone numbers, two other phone numbers,
not just every phone number, and that's different than
the star seven three things. So you know the only way to
really be sure is to call. – Next, let's talk about AirDrop. If everyone or contacts only are selected, AirDrop can be an effective
tool to see who's around. To check your airdrop
settings, open control center, swipe down from the upper right
hand corner of the screen, press into this box in the upper left and then tap on the AirDrop icon. You can choose between
receiving off contacts only or everyone for 10 minutes.
– And with Iowa 16.2,
Apple really shut down your ability to be tracked because everyone became
everyone for 10 minutes. This doesn't mean you can't
airdrop things to other devices. It means that other people
can't airdrop things to you and can't see your phone on their phone when they go to AirDrop something. – Next, let's talk about
keeping your history safe in Safari and Maps. You can clear all the browsing data on your iPhone in settings. Tap back to the main page of settings, then tap Safari, scroll down and tap clear
history and website data.
Then tap clear history
and data to confirm. – The process for clearing your
recent destinations and maps is a little bit different. – Yep, let's close out of settings. Open up the Maps app and then swipe up. Here you'll see your recent tab. You can tap on more and
then swipe right to left to remove anything you don't
want than just tap delete.
You can do the same
with favorite locations. Let's tap out of recents, tap the more button next to favorites and then swipe right to
left on any favorites you no longer need. – The next way to stay safe online is to use a private
browsing tab in Safari. – Let's close out of maps, open Safari and tap on the tabs button and lower right hand corner of the screen. Then tap on 10 tabs at the
bottom and tap on private. Now you are in private browsing mode. – No history, no website data, no nothing that's gonna be
saved after you close this tab. – Next, we need to talk about airTags and unfortunately they have
been used as a stocking device. Apple has built in some safeguards now after some of the controversy, but there are some
things you need to know. – First off, there's a popup that
appears to let you know when an AirTag that doesn't belong to you is found near you.
– To disable that unknown AirTag
that might be tracking you. Tap instructions to disable
when the popup appears on your iPhone. Next, you should go into the Find My App and see if there are any
items that are being detected with you. So if I close out of Safari open Find My, and then tap on the items tab. Make sure there aren't any items here that you don't recognize.
If there are, you can delete
them by swiping right to left. and then tapping on the trashcan. – All these Apple security
precautions are great, but they only work on iPhone. They don't work on Android smartphones. So Apple built an app
called Tracker Detect that detects AirTags around you, but it's kind of a pain in
the butt to have to use it. – But it does work. Next, let's talk about Apple ID settings. One of the first things you
might wanna consider doing if you think you're being
tracked is change your password. – And the easiest way to
do it is on a computer. Let's go to Apple id.apple.com. I'll log in with John up
phone and then go to password, enter your old password and
then a couple of new ones that hopefully match and
you'll be good to go. – Then check your iPhone
and see which devices are connected to your Apple ID and make sure there aren't
any that shouldn't be there. So we're gonna close out
of fine my open settings scroll up and tap on your Apple
ID at the top of the screen and here you'll see the devices
connected to your Apple ID.
– If you see one that
doesn't belong to you, just tap on it and tap
remove from account. – Let's talk about our
family sharing settings. This includes a lot of
stuff like shared calendars, photo albums and Find My. – But it's also a great way to track you without your knowledge. To check if you're in a family group, open up settings and then tap family at the top of the screen. If you don't see that you're
not in a family group, you can see everybody in
here who's in your family, but as long as you're an adult, you can also leave the family. Tap on your name and then tap
stop using family sharing.
But before you do know that
as soon as you do this, other family members are
gonna get a notification that says that you left. So if you're trying to
fly under the radar, don't do this just yet. – As David said, that only works if
you're in an adult role, but someone who wants to track you might add you as a child or a teen. – And they do that by
lying about your birthdate when they create your Apple ID. If somebody created your Apple ID and you're at a child
in here, major red flag. – Lying about your
birthday on the internet. Next we're gonna talk about safety check. Let's get there in settings first, tap back to the main page of settings, scroll down and tap privacy and security and then scroll down
and tap on safety check. You have two options. The first is emergency and reset. Immediately reset access
for all people and apps and review your account security. – Only, good for emergencies. – And manage sharing and access. Customize which people and apps
can access your information and review your account security.
– If you feel like your
safety's in danger, this is a good place to go
and follow the instructions. – Let's talk about one of the number one most important privacy and security tips. And that is turning on
two factor authentication. – Apple has gotten really
good at this recently. It kind of makes you
sign up for two factor before you can do a lot of
things with your Apple ID. – To turn it on, let's go back
to the main page of settings scroll up and tap on your Apple
ID at the top of the screen. Then tap password and security and then look at two
factor authentications. So right now I have it on
and when you turn it on, you have I think it's
two weeks to turn it off before it's just on forever.
If it's not on on your
iPhone, turn on that switch. And while we're here in
this section of settings, let's talk about account
recovery contacts. – Recovery contacts are people who can help you get back into your phone if you accidentally lock yourself out. But for that reason, you need to make sure that
your recovery contacts are actually people you trust. – So I'll tap on account recovery and if you have any recovery contacts and hear you no longer
trust, get rid of them. – And you can also get
rid of your recovery keys if you have any of those as well. We talk a lot about passwords
when we talk about security. If somebody has access to your passwords, they can get access to your accounts. Unfortunately, you can't
change your passwords from the settings app, but you can see a list of the passwords that are saved on your iPhone.
– Let's tap back to the
main page of settings. Scroll down and tap on passwords. So face ID in here, and here's a list of
all the passwords saved on my iPhone right now. – If you feel threatened, a good way to lock someone
out from your account is to turn on two-step
authentication for that account. And most companies now are supporting it because you can always say, "Oh, it's just being
proactive about security when they get logged out on their end." – We talked a lot about the
jealous lover side of things.
What about the overzealous companies? One of the first places to
look is the app privacy report. It's all taped back to
the main page of settings. Scroll up and tap on privacy and security and then scroll down here
to app privacy report and tap on that. – Now if you don't see anything in here, it means you might not have
turned on at privacy report in the past. Turn it on now in a few days you'll have some data to
come back and look at. – This app privacy report
is kind of disappointing, but if you see a suspicious
app or website in here, it could lead you in the right direction.
Also, it just lets you see
how ridiculous Facebook is with its app network activity. It's just off the charts. – One of the settings we talk about in our video about the iPhone
settings to turn off now is called significant locations, which is a built-in tracker. – Let's tap back upper left
hand corner of the screen, scroll up and tap on location services. Then scroll all the way down
and tap on system services and then scroll down and tap
on significant locations. Face ID to get in. We really recommend
turning this switch off. When it's on it saves a
list of all the places you visit most often, and while that information
is sort of secure, if somebody gets into your iPhone, they all of a sudden have
a list of all the places you visit most often. – On a map that shows
exactly where you've been. – The next thing we're gonna
talk about is Lockdown Mode and apples for this feature
is pretty interesting. It's hardened your devices
against mercenary spyware with Lockdown Mode.
– It's the most badass yeah sentence I think Apple has ever written. – To check out Lockdown Mode, tap back upper left-hand
corner of the screen, back to location services and back one more time
to Privacy and Security. Scroll down at the very
bottom we have Lockdown Mode. – This is something you'll
only need to turn on if you're the victim of a highly
sophisticated cyber attack, which Apple says only applies
to a very select few people.
Am I part of that group? I think not. – But if you do find yourself the target of a highly
sophisticated cyber attack, come in here and turn on Lockdown Mode when it is on your iPhone lot function as it typically does apps, websites and features will be
strictly limited for security and some experiences will
be completely unavailable. – Oh-oh. – So what do we do if we
think we're being tracked? – Well, the first step
is to always be ready to take a screenshot or a screen recording because that can be used as evidence. – To take a screenshot if
have an iPhone with face ID. It's the volume up button and the side button simultaneously, little flash on the screen
like a camera shutter, that screenshot will appear. – We also wanna take this one step further and show you how to
take screen recordings. – So let's step back to
the main page of settings. The first thing you need to
do is add screen recording to control center. So on the main page of settings, scroll up tap control center, and make sure that the
screen recording control is underneath your included controls.
If it's not, just come
down to more controls, tap the green plus button
and then swipe down the upper right hand corner of the screen. We've got our screen recording control. We can press and hold on that. Maybe you want to get the
microphone in there too, and you can choose where it gets save too. You probably don't wanna
upload your screen recordings to Facebook Photos app is your best bet and then just tap start recording. – Best iPhone screen recording
tutorial ever just then.
When you're being
tracked a lot of the time there's an app running in
the background of your iPhone that's tracking you. – We talk about how to
enable developer mode in our video about clearing
system data on your iPhone that's in a card above and in this section below the subscribe button. – So rather than walk you
entirely through the process during this video, I'm just gonna show you where to look once it's already set up. I've already opened Xcode. I'm gonna tap the Xcode menu in the upper left hand
corner of the screen, go to open developer tool
and open instruments, which is a fun little utility. Then I'm gonna go to Activity
Monitor, open that up, and then I'm gonna choose
the device I want to debug, which is David's. I'm just gonna take a
look at all the processes on his phone. So David, would you use
your phone a little bit? – All right, – So we're taking a live look at all the things that are
going on in the background of David's iPhone, and if you look at the CPU usage column and you also look at
the memory usage column, you could be pretty sure that
someone who's tracking you is using an app that's using a lot of CPU or a lot of memory.
– Take a look through the process list, see if anything sketchy is standing out. – Likes Spouse Tracker app
or Spy on my Husband 3000 or yeah, track my wife, where's she at? – Phone Tap pro. – Yep. Any of that stuff. There are gonna be a lot of things that you won't recognize
unless you're a professional, but don't worry about those things. It's really just the Tracker apps. – We do want to emphasize this
is almost certainly overkill and it's not worth going out
and buying a Mac to try it out. – If you're pretty sure
you're being tracked and you don't know how to stop it, a safe bet is to factory
reset your device.
– Usually we recommend
restoring from an iCloud backup. In this case we don't because that backup could bring back the malicious app, causing the problem on your iPhone. To factory reset your iPhone, tap back to the main page
of settings, tap general, scroll down and tap
transfer or reset iPhone and then tap erase all
content and settings. – A question we're asked a lot is, should I install antivirus
software on my iPhone? – No. – You don't need it on your iPhone. The app store is very secure. – Also, the antivirus apps, they can sometimes get pretty
expensive with the plans and all they'll do is just
slow down your iPhone.
– Yeah, they really want to
take your fear of viruses left over from your Windows days and transpose it onto your
iPhone totally different things. – You don't need antivirus software. Just like you don't need
to JailBreak your iPhone. – JailBreaking your phone removes all the security features that keeps your data safe on your iPhone. So if you jailbreak it, yes, you might be able
to play an Nintendo game, but yes, a hacker can
steal all your information and you would have no idea. – Next up, check out our
video about the number one iPhone privacy mistake you
might be making right now..
