Protecting photos with passwords is the simplest thing to ensure that kids don’t accidentally remove any pictures or videos from your device before you can back up the data. But once you hand it over to someone, they have access to the Photos app and its contents. The photos are safe under the screen lock. You might think that data is safe, as the phone is always locked with a PIN/Face ID combo. Maybe it’s work secrets that you have to hide. The kind of information you wouldn’t want anyone to see and potentially share or delete while using your handset.

We routinely take pictures of personal documents that might contain sensitive information. That’s probably why some iPhone users will be excited to hear about iOS 16 finally supporting password protections for photos.īut there’s a more valid reason to want to protect photos. Using passwords to hide away photos on iPhone and iPad is usually associated with the NSFW content that you wouldn’t want others to see while handling your phone. Why should I protect photos with a password on iPhone?

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