Through the app Shortcuts, users can create quick functions that launch specific operations or automations. In this tutorial you will learn how to password protect iPhone apps. So if you forgot iPhone unlocked, secure apps will not be able to be opened without biometric authentication Face ID, Touch ID or iPhone unlock password.
For example, the WhatsApp application supports a separate security mode from that of the phone. Users can choose to make the app extra secure, so if The iPhone was left unlocked, no one can open conversations without biometric authentication or password. With the help of the following tutorial you will be able to add a similar extra security for any application installed on iPhone devices.
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How can you password protect iPhone applications (Face ID, Touch ID, or password)?
First of all, you need the app Shortcuts. This utility application is developed by the company Apple, is free and is normally present by default on all iPhone, iPad, Mac devices.
I will take as an example sequestration of the Instagram application. The Instagram app can only be opened with Face ID, Touch ID or password, even if the iPhone is unlocked.
1. Download Shortcuts for iOS, if no longer the installed application.
2. Open the application Shortcuts (Shortcuts), access the “Automation", press the " sign+” from the top right corner, then tap the blue button, “Create Personal Automation".
3. Select “App” from the list of automations.
4. Select the automation condition for the scenario where the Instagram app opens. "Is Opened", searching for "Instagram” in the list of applications and add.
5. Next, the action to take place when the Instagram app is opened must be set. Press the button "Add Action” > search and select “Lock Screen” → press “Next” from the top right corner.
6. Disable the confirmation option for running the automation (Ask Before Running), then you also disable the notification that appears when the automation runs (Notify When Run).
Automation has been added!
How iPhone app security automation works
When the Instagram app opens, iPhone will freeze immediately and it will appear"Lock Screen".
For phone owners iPhone provided with biometric authentication Face ID or Touch ID, this is not a very big inconvenience. Just swipe to unlock the iPhone, then the Instagram app is accessed immediately.
Maybe this is not a very convenient method, but it is one effective method by which you can password / secure applications from operating systems iPadOS or iOS. There will be no more risk of someone looking for you through messages, Facebook, Instagram, photo gallery or any other application when you leave your iPhone unlocked.
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