The newest iPhone comes with a hardware-based security feature to better ensure user privacy.
The iPhone 16 sports a new security feature that aims to protect you against spyware and similar threats better. Known as „Secure Exclave“, the enhanced privacy technology will visually notify you if your camera or microphone is being used without your permission. But since the technology is hardware-based, it’s more resistant to hackers who try to tap into those sensors without triggering an alert.
The feature itself isn’t new. „Secure Exclave“ first appeared earlier this year with the launch of the M4 iPad Pro. Now that same tech has landed on all four new iPhone 16 models, according to 9to5Mac, which confirmed that it’s baked into the iOS 18 firmware and present in the A18 chip in the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus and the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max.
