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iPhone Lockdown Mode: The pros and cons of enabling Apple's security feature
Lockdown Mode makes your iPhone much more secure against spyware, but most people don't need to use it. The iPhone's Lockdown Mode has been around since 2022 , but you might not have heard about it, let alone used it.
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Lockdown Mode, an iPhone feature introduced in 2022, adds an “extreme” layer of security that makes the device far harder for commercial spyware—such as NSO’s Pegasus—to infiltrate. The setting is tucked away in the Settings app and isn’t aimed at typical users. Apple positions it for a narrow audience that may be targeted by sophisticated surveillance, specifically journalists, activists and politicians. Most iPhone owners are unlikely to need or enable the mode.
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