IPhone hacking or suspicious activity

Thanks Sravan.

maybe back when I had the 5s I was unaware of 3rd party apps but I have only ever downloaded my apps from the Apple store. And I’m aware to never share such info via messages to others ( rarely have need to). I keep logs of info for myself but this is never emailed to anyone.

when I set up this 4 month new iPhone 12 Pro Max I noticed the set up had changed and it now sometimes asks for me to enter my passcode ( for the phone) at a different stage during set up than previously. That’s the main new security change I have had to my phone / iOS but obviously that’s not something in my control. I used to be able to change my passcode with WiFi off. With the latest iOS you need to let cloud know what the new passcode is. In my view the hardware and software security is now more overlapped. For the user this creates less privacy / security. I want to be able to control my security access to my phone without needing to share it with cloud/ across WiFi. And yet Apple has created this after 13 years of tweaking and development.

We all know how our control over our own privacy / data is getting take away as time and tech go on.

For example with regards to cameras on iPhones - if I wanted to put a privacy hardware attachment ( eg lens cover) on previous phones this was possible. Now the layout and design has made that almost impossible. I don’t think that is just chance/ better design because everyone agrees that the née camera means the phone can’t lay flat on surfaces.

I do believe that in the absence of any explanation for this strange activity on my phone the only possible source of the issue is something to do with the iOS software. What else can it possibly be? Anyhow this is the reason for posting here. Maybe there is something else...

No I’m referring to Lock Screen passcode- do you use an iPhone 12? It is not the screen time that is separate I am talking about access to my phones full functionality being restricted by Apple unless I share over WiFi / data roaming my private and secure passcode. This never used to be the case- I could change my passcode offline and only I would have this code. My phone would not ask me to renter this for iCloud to work. That is what I mean by my personal privacy and security being eroded through these new features.

So I would like to ask again if anyone else has experienced unusual activity in their phone after leaving it on in the night and waking up to enter the passcode and see for eg. It is on a different screen - in my case it is deep inside one of the folders of my private email - how does this happen? My phone is on a table not anywhere near me in the night

Apple could have had a separate code for iCloud but it doesn’t