How do I protect my iPhone from scammers accessing it through iOS 26?

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FYI, it seems IOS 26 has a security problem. In the past few days, I've been having problems with my device because they managed to access it very easily and quickly. I saw it happening in real time. There are groups of girls working on this on TikTok and Bigo apps. As a point of reference, I observed that the streamers who have a phone in their hand are mostly the ones who have access to the device. When they see a target, they forget about their stream and start working on a keyboard. Another thing I observed is that when they share a live stream with someone and see a mobile device with the guest, they stare at it to see what kind of device it is. As soon as they recognize it, they switch to the keyboard. The following information might be hard to believe: I normally use my device with screen mirroring and use my TV as a monitor. After several tests, I confirmed that "they could see me." It gets worse because all those scammers who pretend to be streamers can see the guest on certain devices. They can't hear you, but they can see you. For some time, I noticed that they were trying to access my device without success (iPhone 8, IOS 16) until the day I used my device with IOS 26. They got me. I have photos of flashes that I managed to capture by holding down the screen. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Apple Support team for the online chat that helped me solve the problem and remove the files they used to take control of my device. I truly appreciate their assistance because it was immediate.


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Original Title: THE IPHONE ISO26 DEVICE WAS COMPROMISED BY SCAMMERS.

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Posted on Jan 29, 2026 7:55 PM

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Jan 29, 2026 8:23 PM in response to Arturomdz

"How do I protect my iPhone from scammers accessing it through iOS 26?: [...]I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Apple Support team for the online chat that helped me solve the problem and remove the files they used to take control of my device. I truly appreciate their assistance because it was immediate."

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Keeping Others Off of your Devices:

Unless granting remote access to your device, no one is going to hack into it. And the only way for an iPhone to be hacked is if it has been jailbroken. So, where did you purchase it? If from Apple, a retailer or an AASP (Apple Authorizes Service Provider), then no worries there. If not, then sign out of all sites, and erase the iPhone, and return it.


Provide this Post's Report to Apple:

Did you save that transcript of the chat? You might want to see about providing it to Apple, so they can look into this. Print this as a PDF document, and attach it to an eMail sent to: reportaproblem@apple.com. The Apple Rep(s) you conversed with might be aware of this concern, but I'm not so certain all of Apple does. Include the URL of this thread.


Reporting Fraudulent App Store Apps:

With Current Events, I'm a bit speculative of Russian domains (those ending on .ru); you might want to be too. I would also suggest obtaining App from the App Store Store and none other. If found to be scams then repot it to Apple. Learn More Here: Maintaining a Safe App Store Experience - Apple Support

Jan 29, 2026 8:27 PM in response to Arturomdz

"How do I protect my iPhone from scammers accessing it through iOS 26?:

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Reporting Fraudulent Activity:

For a more general standpoint (Phone Calls, Text Messages, and eMails), you can report content to Apple and U.S. Federal Agencies. You'd take screenshots to grapb the contend, using it for Copy & Paste into relative text boxes for submittal Use my User Tip: Using the Photos App to Report Scams: - User Tip

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