Do you always leave your iPhone on? You better not do that. This is why you should actually turn off your iPhone for five minutes every day.
Turn off iPhone daily: Here’s why
Are you like us and hardly ever turn off your iPhone? You can according to the US National Security Agency (NSA) better not. It is even better to turn off your iPhone for five minutes every day, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Several tech experts also agree with his statement, because it makes it more difficult for spyware.
However, it is not the solution to every problem. Malicious software such as ‘Reign’ and ‘Pegasus’ exploit certain vulnerabilities in the operating system. And even after a reboot they will continue to do harm.
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However, turning off your iPhone for five minutes every day won’t hurt. In fact, it’s even good to restart your iPhone regularly. Your iPhone often responds just a bit more smoothly and all kinds of background tasks get a fresh start.
Still, your iPhone is quite safe and spyware is very rare on Apple’s smartphone. But if you make the chance even smaller by rebooting, then that’s a nice bonus, right?
Turn off iPhone: this is how you do it
There are several ways in which you can disable the iPhone, so when you do this daily, you make the spyware a bit more difficult. To turn off a recent iPhone, follow the steps below.
- Press and hold one of the volume buttons and the side button (sleep button);
- Wait for the Power Off slider to appear, then drag the slider to the right;
- Wait 30 seconds for your iPhone to turn off
Do you have an older iPhone? Then take a look at the article below. It describes the shutdown for each iPhone.
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