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Lock Down Your iPhone
This is a community-driven guide for anyone who wants to seriously boost their iPhone's privacy and security. It goes way beyond the basic settings to help you lock things down.
You'll find a huge list of actionable steps, from disabling unnecessary system features to tweaking hidden Safari settings. It's a step-by-step checklist to make your device way more secure against tracking and data collection.