f150georgia wrote:
Oh my!!! Thanks!
There’s talk about users being hacked, third party access & so on.
Yeah, and the entire ‘net is always and entirely filled with truth. Advertisers never lie. Websites and listicles and AI-generated content and teasers and the rest of the dreck definitely aren’t created for ad revenue, or to sell rubbish apps, of course.
I’ve checked & had my settings as secure as possible, so I was in panic mode.
Advertising is designed to create strong emotions. That helps cloud thinking, and helps lead you into doing something that the advertiser wants.
Some reading from Apple on a few of the common scams and schemes:
… Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
And how to configure your environment and your privacy to your preferences:
… Personal Safety User Guide - Apple Support (there’s a PDF of that at the bottom.)
While iPhone hacks are possible, those hacks are very rare and very targeted, based on available information. If you are an investigative journalist, political dissident, senior in government or provate industry, with access to financial data or great wealth, or with access to sensitive or classified information, the calculation here might shift. For the rest of us, hacks just aren’t a thing. We ourselves get targeted. Phished. Scammed. Or our passwords or passcodes are compromised. Not our devices.