If you’re like most people, then your privacy is important to you. Fortunately, a newjailbreak tweakcalledPrivaSeeby iOS developersmokin1337can augment your iPhone’sprivacyfeatures with an elegant blur effect that can only be dismissed with the help of biometric authentication.
PrivaSee does a variety of things to help improve your privacy throughout your daily workflow. Not only can it lock other people out ofappson your device, but it can protect the contents of incoming notification banners until you’ve authenticated yourself withFace IDorTouch ID.
All in all, consider PrivaSee to be an extra line of defense in the unlikely event that someone glances over your shoulder or figures out your passcode. In the demovideobelow, provided by the developer, you can see how the tweak works:
PrivaSee in action
After you install PrivaSee, you’ll find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure a few options:
Here, you can:
Once you’re satisfied with your configurations, you can respring your device to save your changes.
In case you didn’t already notice from the screenshot examples above, PrivaSee includes a complementaryControl Centertoggle button. If you’re usingiOS 11, then you’ll need CCSupport to use it; those usingiOS 10will need the classic Flipswitch/Activatorcombo instead.
If you’re the anxious type, then PrivaSee can help give you a little more peace of mind. You cangrab it right now for $1.49 from Cydia’s Packix repository, and the tweak works with alljailbrokeniOS 10 and 11 devices.
What are your thoughts about PrivaSee and how it protects your information? Share in the comments section below.
