With iOS 17.4, Apple is making Stolen Device Protection even better by adding a new layer of protection when your iPhone is stolen or lost. Still, criminals might still try to steal your bank data or other sensitive data.
BGR has already explained how Screen Time can help you prevent having your data exploited by criminals by locking your iPhone apps behind it, though it's not a perfect solution. Thankfully, there's now an even better way to protect your data from prying eyes, or if your iPhone is stolen.
In this article, we'll explain how to lock any iPhone app instantly behind Face ID thanks to a shortcut called Face ID App Locker.
A Redditor shared their custom shortcut. As the name suggests, Face ID App Locker locks any iPhone app behind Face ID once it's opened for the first time. As you'd expected, it's free to use, and the Redditor was kind enough to explain a step-by-step on how to add the shortcut and use it.
That said, here's how to create an automation for your app:
Once you're done with this automation, you can go back to the "When" page and select additional apps.
In a Reddit thread, the shortcut creator explains a bit more about this feature and how it securely locks iPhone apps behind Face ID.
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