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Apple is about to make your iPhone more secure. Here's what's changing

With iOS 26.4, Apple is set to turn on Stolen Device Protection by default, which makes it harder for thieves to steal ...

Apple Confirms iOS 26.4: Why Your iPhone Is About To Get Much Harder To Steal

Apple has confirmed that iOS 26.4 will introduce a critical shift in iPhone security by enabling Stolen Device Protection by default for the first time. Right now, users have to turn it on themselves ...

iOS 26.4—Apple Switches Key iPhone Feature On By Default

Apple's iOS 26.4 sees its Stolen Device Protection anti-theft feature turned on by default. Here's what you need to know.
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Your iPhone may soon force-on an anti-theft feature you can’t switch off

Apple appears to be moving toward making its Stolen Device Protection feature impossible to disable, a shift that could strip users of the choice to manage their own security settings. The change ...

iOS 26.4 puts your iPhone in anti-theft mode by default

OS 26.4 enables Stolen Device Protection by default, adding biometric verification and security delays to critical iPhone settings, alongside encrypted RCS and Podcasts video support.

iOS 26.4 has iPhone Stolen Device Protection on by default

Three years after the feature rolled out, Apple is automatically enabling Stolen Device Protection in iOS 26.4, expanding safeguards against an ever-expanding epidemic of iPhone theft.
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This new iPhone update adds extra protection if your phone is stolen

Apple will enable Stolen Device Protection by default in iOS 26.4 for automatic biometric safeguards ...