The latest version of Apple‘s mobile operating system brings some new features and settings related to your privacy and security. Apple’s latest mobile operating system – iOS 15.4 – is now available for public download. The fourth update to iOS 15 brings several new and enhanced privacy and security features to the iPhone, including several upgrades to iCloud Keychain, anti-tracking AirTag notifications, and more.
Let’s take a look at some of the new privacy and security features and settings that come with iOS 15.4.
New AirTag anti-tracking notification in iOS
AirTags have the potential to be abused by thieves and stalkers to track unsuspecting victims. Over the past few months, Apple has released several new updates to iOS to help prevent AirTags from being used to track people, and that continues with the release of iOS 15.4.
When setting up AirTag with iOS 15.4, you will now receive a notification that your AirTag is linked to your Apple ID, essentially warning you that the AirTag can link back to you if you try to use it to track someone. The notice also states that using AirTag in this way to track someone is considered a crime.
You can add notes to saved passwords
In iOS 15.4, you can now annotate usernames, emails, and passwords you save in iCloud Keychain. To access it, open the Settings app and do the following:
1. Enter Password and verify yourself.
2. New, tap the account you want to leave a message for.
3. Finally, click Add Note and enter your note.
When you’re done, click Done in the upper right corner, and you’ll save the notes for these credentials.
Safari will no longer save passwords without usernames
If you’re having trouble finding a password for a website you know is saved through iCloud, it may be because iOS saves the same password but no username. Without a username, the password won’t appear on your keyboard when you visit the site, but iOS 15.4 aims to fix that.
Now, when you try to save a password without a username in Safari, you’ll get a popup asking you to enter your password. The notification says “To save this password, please enter your [website] account username” and you’ll see a text field where you can enter your username or email.
You can hide those password security suggestions
It’s best not to duplicate passwords across accounts, and Apple is firm about this, which is why when you go to Settings > Passwords, you may see Security for compromised, easily guessed, or reused passwords suggestion.
Alerts are a good thing, but if you don’t want to be reminded every time you enter your password settings, you can hide them: go to an account, then click the X icon in the upper right corner of the alert. In the popup that appears, click Hide to get rid of them Safety advice. If you want to see security advice again at any time, go to Hidden Security Advice in Password Settings.
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