A Closer Look: Ways to hide, secure data on phones

Published September 22, 2014 7:06pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Apple got a lot of attention last week when it released a new privacy policy along with a declaration that police can’t get to your password-protected data.

Essentially, your photos, messages and other documents are automatically encrypted when you set up a passcode, with or without a fingerprint ID to unlock the phone. Apple says it cannot bypass that passcode, even if law enforcement asks.

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