VPN for iPhone

isj1 wrote:

Also, should I install my security software that I use on my desktop to my phone? I use ESET.

You don't need any on an iOS device.

Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.

iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 

It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.

Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.

Thumb Rules:

1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
2. Don't share Apple IDs
3. Don't Jail Break
4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
5. Beware of Phishing

Actually, no one has gotten a virus or malware on their phone unless they foolishly jailbroke it. It just doesn’t happen. People regularly get scam texts, emails and calendars that SAY the phone has been hacked, but they are all just that: Scams to sell useless apps, or to steal identities when someone falls for them, clicks a link and provides personal information→Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

Something to think about→Don't use VPN services. · GitHub

There are two legitimate purposes for using VPN:

• To allow access to a private network such as a school or business when you are not on site. 
• To allow access outside of a country with a repressive government that has restricted Internet access.

Any other use is risky, and can lead to problems. VPN disguises your location by making you appear to be somewhere else in the world. But you usually can’t control that “somewhere else”, and if it is in a location that an app isn’t approved for the app won’t work. Plus the fact that the provider of the VPN knows everything about you and your location, as well as what sites you access through the VPN. So you are totally dependent on the VPN provider’s honesty. As a start, if the VPN is free, DON’T USE IT. The provider has to make money somehow, and if you aren’t paying them then they are selling your private data to make money. But even those that charge can’t necessarily be trusted.

You don’t really need VPN when using public Wi-Fi, because all communications between your iPhone and the servers it accesses are end-to-end encrypted, unless you go to non-secure websites.

VPN can’t protect phone calls because it doesn’t route the voice channel. And your phone can’t be tapped. However, there are databases of phone calls that are accessible. Your carrier forwards all call records to such a database (unless you explicitly tell them not to, and even then they may ignore the request), and anyone can pay to access it.

I have received calls from medicare scams that ask for me by name. And I never call medicare; I use the online site if I need anything. However, the site has my phone number, required for 2 factor authentication, or there is leakage from the medicare/CMS database, or perhaps from providers or medicare supplement insurance I have interacted with.