One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Security and Privacy features

It’s been months since Samsung and Apple introduced their latest software for Galaxy/iPhone users. While Samsung’s One UI 5.0 relies on Android 13 OS, Apple has its own iOS 16 software. Both One UI 5.0 and iOS 16 come with multiple advanced features and improvements, let’s discover what’s new these two have when it comes to the phone’s Security and Privacy.

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One UI 5.0 Security and Privacy:

As it does every time, Samsung has majorly focused on enhancing its Galaxy devices’ security and their users’ privacy with the latest One UI 5.0 software. One UI 5.0’s newly added Security and Privacy Dashboard feature make data safety even easier to manage. Users can now decide who can see their data and how they will use it.

The new software further offers Galaxy customers instant access to data and safety. The new privacy hub has options like Lock Screen, Accounts, App Safety, and more so users can instantly access and get informed through different alerts and indicators.

On the other hand, if you are an avid shopper, One UI 5.0 will allow you not to be inundated by targeted advertisements with the “Delete AD ID” feature. Moreover, the previous mic and camera access indicators are also getting improvements, you can now revoke them from certain apps and ensure that your face and voice are secured.

Most importantly, the new Security and Privacy Dashboard in Settings further allows Galaxy device users to see what apps have tracked their location in the past 24 hours. The interface lets users choose to share locations with different security options.

Other than these, Samsung has added the Lockdown mode feature to the Galaxy devices with One UI 5.0 software. It restricts others from unlocking your phone when you are sleeping or insensible by disabling face unlock and fingerprint unlock.

Last but not least, the One UI 5.0 software also brings a solution for the problem that certain apps keep tracking your location and data continuously even if you have not used it for a long.

iOS 16 Security and Privacy:

For security purposes, Apple has also added so many tools to the iPhones through its latest iOS 16  software. The iPhone’s Settings app now has a new “Security Checkup” feature, which is designed to make it easier for people to quickly reset all the data and location access they’ve provided to other people.

Its Emergency Reset feature immediately stops sharing everything with all people and apps while the Manage Sharing lets you see an overview of what you’re sharing so you can’t be secretly tracked using location sharing, shared albums, or others.

Next, it contains the hidden and recently deleted albums in the Phone app. These albums cannot be opened without biometric authentication via Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode. On the other hand, the Landscape Face ID allows the iPhone to be unlocked whether it is in portrait or landscape orientation.

Apple iOS 16 further adds the Rapid Security Response function which lets the company send security updates without updating the entire operating system. Whereas, with the new Pasteboard Permissions features, your apps will require explicit user permission before accessing the clipboard to copy and paste content.

With iOS 16, Apple is adding Passkey which is designed to replace the traditional password when signing in to a website or app. Lastly, the latest Apple software comes with Lockdown Mode, which has an extreme level of security for activists, journalists, and others targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks.

One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Security and Privacy:

Being a Samsung fan, I didn’t want to say this, but the truth is that One UI 5.0 lags behind Apple iOS 16 when it comes to the security and privacy of the device and its users.

iOS 16 has so many advanced security-related features that I feel Samsung should implement in its software. On the other hand, Samsung One UI 5.0 features are praiseworthy as well.