Modern smart-phones are amazing devices that make life easier in a lot of respects. But, when it comes to maintaining your privacy, they can also be your biggest enemy.

The Domestic Violence Resource Centre has published a series of videos showing you exactly how to cater your phone privacy to suit you, and how to use your iPhone to record information. We have expanded this resource to include tips for Android Devices.

An important note: Some of these resources were made using an iPhone 5 with operating system 6.1.4. Recently, Apple released an update to iOS 7. Depending on what operating system your phone is running, your phone layout may vary slightly to the tips below. 

How to block a caller

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iPhone

See this quick instructional article by Yoni Heisler.

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 Android

See this quick instructional article by Simon Hill.

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How to turn off location settings

iPhone

Android

See this quick instructional article by Frank McPherson

How to take a screenshot

iPhone

Android

See this quick instructional article on Wikihow.

How to turn off geo-tagging

Smart phones have a clever feature that tags photos that you take with information about your location, called geo-tags. If you are trying to lay low, this is obviously problematic.

iPhone

Android

Follow these quick tips from Greg Crowe, originally published here:

1. Start camera application
2. Hit the Settings button
3. Scroll down and find the GPS Tag option and turn it off

In older versions, the option may be called “Store Location,” but is it essentially the same process.

How to clear your browser history

iPhone

Android

See this quick instructional article by Chris Hoffman.

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