Would be very interesting to see a 2nd version, where it is no set to maximize privacy but reasonable balance between convenience and privacy for the average user. So those user who will probably never in their life be the victim of a targeted attack but probably loose their phone once. So geo-tagged photos and screen time are perfectly fine features to use. But a good Passcode (8digits+) is still absolutely required etc.

Do we an have updated guide on this one?

AMAZING!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Just came across this channel very good content ! Can you make a video on Lockdown and DNSCloak ?

How about a video on the newer iPhone with Face ID better yet an xr in particular thank you 😊

Very first vid of yours iv ever seen , And i imagine it is an old one of yours but i really liked it , So said I'd comment & im going to sub & hit the bell too I had 95% of these done just a diff version of IOS so a few things were in diff places , but im huge into privacy - not even a fan of my YT account but its my only social platform.. I just wanted to say thank & you got a new fan & sub!

Tech wisdom at its bests.

Can u do video of experimental webkit features on iphone

Hi Sun, loving the channel. Can you do a review on the iphone apps lockdown(firewall) and DNScloak(DNS) and how they can improve privacy on iphones?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions... will keep them in mind for future episodes... The reason I ended up not trying Lockdown is that we cannot (at least on iOS 13) configure both Lockdown an self-hosted VPNs on iOS.

Hello Sun, what are your thoughts on the "Lockdown" feature that apple introduced ??

Yo Sun, thank you for the video. Very helpful! But after doing this I can't send emails through my ios email app. Though I'm sure the app isn't recommended, could you tell me how I might be able to fix that and get it working again? Thanks

Really appreciate this video. You absolutely do NOT recommend Find My iPhone being turned on?

With the ios15 on the new iPhone 13 pro max, we now have On device Siri instead of your voice commands requiring upload to servers. Should we still be worried about keeping Siri disabled if your commands are not being uploaded?

Hey Sun. Thanks for all the work you put into this channel. We all really appreciate it. I have a question for you regarding iOS privacy: what's your take on faceid vs fingerprint for logging into your phone? I need a new phone as my iPhone 7 is slowly dying and was wondering if i should go for the new 12 or wait for the 13 with the fingerprint sensor under the display (according to rumors). Thanks for helping me out here. And once again: thanks for your effort with this channel.

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the push and great question... I recently upgraded from an iPhone 7 to an iPhone SE to avoid Face ID.

@akroisel

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunknudsen thanks so much for the quick answer. Another year of the old crutch it is I guess. ;) Do you stay away from faceid because of the fact that your phone could be unlocked by somebody holding it up to your face or the potential of your facial information being hijacked?

@BartDaMU

Жыл бұрын

@@akroisel they also have "attention" check that won unlock if you aren't looking at it....

thank you

Hey Sun, first off: Your content is extremely intriguing. I wanted to ask if google photos is safe to upload photos to free up space or what do you recommend?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tariq, depends if you are comfortable with the fact Google or anyone with a subpoena can access your photos (which can be used to train face tracking software). I will publish an episode shortly on how to use backup software that encrypts the data before storing it in the cloud. Stay tuned!

I was bummed when I noticed you skip the “Experimental Features” Tab shown in the “Advanced” settings For safari lol Is that tab more for developers ?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Hey good point... I wasn't aware of that tab... probably because I use Firefox on iOS. Keeping that tab in mind for a future episode.

@mruben1997

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunknudsen Awesome thank you !

@Shebrighteeh

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I came just to learn about that feature. Hope there’s another video about it.

Hi Sun, what are your thoughts on iOS jailbreaks? I use a few simple tweaks that actually disable the wifi and bluetooth on the control center when u press it, unlike the default that doesn't actually disable it. Safe, unsafe?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Stephen, I never jaibreaked an iPhone so I can't add value here. That being said, I guess it depends on who is behind the jailbreak... if the patch is open source and peer reviewed, I don't see how breaking out from iOS limitations can hurt... My gut feeling is we might be trading security for privacy (and freedom). Depending on the use case, the trade-offs can be well worth it.

Is Firefox better than Brave?

Why do you use an older iphone? No face camera?

What would you say is the best encrypted chat app that messages can't be restored after deleted

Hi Sun! What do you think of using social sites and similar directly through the browser instead of apps? In that way we can better control cookies and privacy. Is this useful? I’ve set it up through Firefox with direct shortcuts on the home page.

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Joan, I uninstalled social network apps from my phone a while back and never looked back (I wasn't comfortable with the increased tracking capabilities apps provided). Using social network web apps in the browser is much better from a privacy standpoint. Especially on desktop using "Multi-Account Containers" on Firefox. Have you watched kzread.info/dash/bejne/gHxopsaRc5O4dto.html

@joansanchispv

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I’ll take a look! ;)

@nicholasdriver5120

Жыл бұрын

If you’re using social media you’re tracked

I never heard about Significant Location (in italian Luoghi Frequenti)! You’re right, very scary, I deleted the cronology and disabled that function! Very strange

My wish, make an android version of this video! Keep up the good work!

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't use Android so can't help. Thanks for the push!

@solivares

3 жыл бұрын

I suspect there's no privacy in Android, being owned by Google

@froekenur

3 жыл бұрын

​@@solivares Yea that is a good reason BUT many people still use gmail and google maps and other google services on their iPhone. And iPhone is locked to Apple, with android you can install a different OS like GrapheneOS which is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS (without google)

@afonsosalbrecht

3 жыл бұрын

that's a great channel, but the biggest downside is the apple ecosystem that Sun uses! if you're an android uses, many of his videos are simply useless!

@killertigergaming6762

3 жыл бұрын

@@solivares you suspect theres no privacy in android because its owned by google yet your using a iphone lol. Search up what a degoogled android is

Would you say that SwiftKey is privacy focused or just stick with the stock keyboard?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

I would recommend using a stock keyboard as the OS can probably capture our keystrokes anyways... adding an additional layer adds attack surface.

@TheDarkrider8295

3 жыл бұрын

Sun Knudsen thank you for the advice! 😊

@manowar2816

2 жыл бұрын

On stock you never can cut data. Go with Swift and cut of data

Hey Sun, What about Face ID for apps? I like to use a passcode to unlock the phone, but find Face ID practical for apps like banking and Bitwarden.

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the threat model... problem with biometrics is it is pretty easy to log in as you even if you are unconscious.

I need a small help please someone tell me how to download from safari apps they appear as files i cant open them… how can I?

Sun what are your thoughts on jailbreaking iOS. is there a safe way to do it or not really?

@sunknudsen

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never experimented with jailbreaking so unfortunately I can’t help. Perhaps others can share on the subject?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

@@trtrhr Thanks for your contributions. Privacy-invading devices are frustrating. That being said, can you please show a little more respect to our community? Some of your comments are being flagged by KZread as inappropriate and I agree. I believe in freedom of speech and would hate to have to shadow ban you from this channel.

@crisdin4944

3 жыл бұрын

Kindly contact our Software Specialist Team *SmartUnlocks●net* ON lG. FOR PROFESSIONAL MOBILE UNLOCK, (iOS & Android) and other MOBILE SECURITY SERVICES . DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS YOURSELF.

Maybe I have missed that one but what about AirDrop?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Aleksandr, I would avoid AirDrop if possible as it requires opening up the firewall.

@aleksandrmikhailov3255

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunknudsen yeah, I meant you didn't say that in the video, like "avoid using AirDrop, guys" :D

Now that Mozilla has a password manager, lockwise, is it good? Is it safe enough?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it is fine... that being said, I like to compartmentalize things and using a dedicated password manager feels right.

@gumott

3 жыл бұрын

Sun Knudsen yeah, it makes more sense that way

Screen time is the most personal preference feature created. If you really need it, use it.

I dug the future and past Sun haha. Its a seamless way to backtrack and include stuff you may have forgotten in the shoot. Keep this in your arsenal Sun cause that is a way more efficient and proactive way to minimize how many times you may or may not have to redo a shoot. My very first podcast that I did in 2005, I must have redone the audio over 20x and it took me almost a month to get my first one out. I like how you handled this. Anyway thanks for the refresher on my iPhone settings. I tend to monitor my phone settings like location and app refresh cause I'm a battery loveN freak but yeah when I watched this and looked at some of my settings I was like YIKES when did this turn on. Thanks for this its always good to be reminded to check such things. Great episode.

@sunknudsen

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, efficiency is so important. I initially shot these episodes in 4K and the process was painful. Over the past few months, I have spent a reasonable amount of time optimizing the process to make it as effortless as possible. About your first podcast, feel you! Somehow we want things to be perfect which requires a new camera or mic or __________ before we are "ready". Took me a year to publish my first video (the DJI one), then about 6 more months to publish the second (the T2 chip one).

If I turn off location Services for find my phone and someone steals it or w/e will I still be able to find it?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no...

@0xROLO

3 жыл бұрын

probably my usual setup isn't that secure but i tend to leave location services on, only allowing "while using" to certain apps i choose from my installed apps (the rest are set to "never") and in system services the only option that is on is "find my iPhone". clearly your location will be compromised as soon as you try searching for your phone, but at least gives you the option of locating it in case of loss or theft

When you said to disable siri suggestions in notifications you didn't mention why and what users will loose. as I undertand it track what you do all the time and logs it based on location and time, so if you every morning like to read your Bible in Bible app, it will first suggest Bible app in spotlight, or will popup suggestion to call your brother if its his birthday. That info, I presume, is held locally, so does that have impact on privacy? While screen time - it shared accross devices (optionally), if it its enabled, then it definitely sends usage to cloud

OTP off? How? What? And how is Bit Warden vs 1password? Brave vs Firefox?

You brought up Jesus a few times…He still lives!🤗

@Sun Knudsen, I did not catch anything about "Safari-->Experimental Features". Can you touch on this and advise what to turn on and what to turn off? I turned everything off and now I see some of the website actions are not functioning, such as drop down menu's. I just found your channel so I will be following your journey. Rob Braxman has been my go-to source recently after I found Security Baron.

Also do a video about How to configure Android for Privacy

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I know very little about Android. If ever I explore Android, I will share my thoughts here for sure. 🤓

My phone won’t allow me to delete significant locations. COVID update?

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Very strange... are other viewers experiencing this issue?

@benyaminmiller5504

3 жыл бұрын

Sun Knudsen I am not I just cleared it

I think there are plenty of people that would appreciate it if you'd avoid referring to stuff like those passwords "shitty" :p Other than that I absolutely ADORE your work. Please keep doing this kind of stuff!!

4:55 Bluetooth Speaker is a good one

I keep my pixel 4 and 1 + 6t.

Hey Sun, I'm from India. Majority of people in India don't have an iPhone. Can you suggest some privacy tips on Android?

@sunknudsen

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, unfortunately, I know little about Android. That said, I might explore operating system and devices in the future. Stay tuned!

I'm always scared to click anything because I may not know what I did, there for, I won't be able to fix it. This tech stuff in mind boggling to an old lady!

i personally feel touch id and face id are not great for hostage situations :-)

@es7691

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve seen on series and movies how easy it is to break into a phone with face and Touch ID. It also makes your phone not safe from authorities.

@killertigergaming6762

3 жыл бұрын

@@es7691 well yeah i guess but even then most people use 4 digit passwords which can be hacked in under a second

So I followed this, turned off my location on all my phone settings. KZread location was set OFF. Thru phone settings... CRAZY. So randomly decided to go thru KZread app. Under not MY last name. And it had attached to my google account, which I needed for something idr but set up a random one for it, and had its own separate location. Turn it off, and now my news can’t give me news! So you need to go under phone settings, AND KZread ITSELF.. like whaaaaat?! I think I needed it to set up my phone, wonder can I get rid of it completely, I can’t remember why I made it 🧐

@killertigergaming6762

3 жыл бұрын

Im so confused

It’s little different in 12 pro max

Having an iPhone and a Pixel is kind of weird to say that. Everything I talk on my iPhone with my friend we start talking 2 days for whiskey after a day or two show up in a Google news in my pixel which I was talking on the iPhone with the SIM card on iPhone he showed me about whiskey the best whiskey in whatever. We start talking the most time about insurance is car insurance no problem in a Google news after a day or two is just show up news and whatever about the insurances so everything you talk on your iPhone is still connected to Google Google is huge. No on my phone I have a Gmail with the data off and a KZread channel sometimes I keep the data off. The pixel phone at home is connected only to Wi-Fi and my iPhone never connects to my Wi-Fi.

Still wishes with the iPhone I shut her off Siri not to get my contacts and all the time Siri she just arranged my contacts that's weird right and creepy now in iOS 14 if you have KZread app and sometimes you start off the data when you get a message it pop up a message like saying KZread is not allowed to your data. So Apple let Google reading your messages in plain text and Siri it's not disabled it's enabled all the time those settings are not doing nothing That's my point of view

I blame the consumers for all the "amazing convenient" apps and features that the iPhone has to offer. Over 10 years of research and consumer feedbacks, this is the result. "Conveniency has its price... Your PRIVACY!!... mua haha mua haha" (

If Apple doesn't sell the advertise to nobody why have the advertised button the same like Android 😂

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Great point... I believe app developers can track and target users (without knowing who they are) using an advertising API supplied by Apple.

Half way into the video I realized that he's turning his smart phone into a dumb brick, so I went back and did just the opposite of what he suggested. That being said, I enjoyed this video and it is worth the time. I now know what my iphone can do and I don't feel that I need to be as paranoid as he is.

I'm sorry I missed it, what is the point in using a touch id along with a password? I'm hesistant to give away my biometric data to a mega corporation

I notice in my Passwords & Accounts there is 1 saved which I can never delete it always come back , it is -guest@scstemp

@sunknudsen

3 жыл бұрын

Strange... have you looked at discussions.apple.com/thread/8298079? Have you tried clearing your browsing history in Safari?

@mycanon40d

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunknudsen Tried that before keeps coming back, I have previously set it back up as a new iphone which sorted it but when I restore from backup it comes back, what is best for backing up iphone contacts instead of backing everything up to the cloud.

After that you have a secure and useless Device :-)

@ethgod

Жыл бұрын

How is it useless lol

Hi Sun, loving the channel. Can you do a review on the iphone apps lockdown(firewall) and DNScloak(DNS) and how they can improve privacy on iphones?

@sunknudsen

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Taylor, adding these apps to my research backlog. Thanks for sharing!