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Consequences of setting up Face ID on a compromised iPhone

What will happen if you setup Face ID while your phone actually had been compromised.


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Original Title: Face ID set up

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 15, 2025 12:42 PM

8 replies

Oct 16, 2025 11:37 PM in response to KiltedTim

No, I didn’t jailbreak the phone. And I bought it brand new from Apple Store. Problem solved now. I went to Genius Bar today to get it all reset and started brand new. Hopefully this time will last. BTW, anyone heard of Quad9? Compared to VPN, which one is more reliable? Greatly appreciated your response. Feel better now :)

Oct 17, 2025 7:33 AM in response to janey248

Quad9 is a DNS server that is widely used and I would have no problem recommending it. It requires no software to be installed on your device and is free. All you need to do is add 9.9.9.9 to your IPv4 DNS Setting on your network and 2620:fe::fe for IPv6. That is the default setup and how Quad9 got their name. They have added different addresses that can be used to include other features like blacklisting known Malware sites.


I do NOT recommend installing any VPN. You should expect network issues and they do not provide any security to your device at all. In fact, it weakens security by adding another hop in your network traffic and the servers of those VPN providers have been breached before resulting in data compromise including passwords. And those are the legitimate ones, others are "sniffing" your network traffic across their servers and selling your data. That is how a "free" VPN provider produces income.

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