iOS 17 Lock your Safari private browsing behind Face ID

Apple is enhancing the security of Safari in iOS 17, and private browsing now requires Face ID authentication or a password to access. If you open a private browsing window in Safari, you need to authenticate using Face ID.

This means that someone with access to your unlocked phone and opening your Safari browser will not be able to access your private browsing history without secondary authentication. Face ID or a password can be used to access Safari private tabs.

Private Browsing also improves privacy by completely preventing known trackers from loading on pages and removing tracking that is added to URLs as you browse. With these new features, websites can't track or identify your device, and Apple provides improved extension controls.

In private mode, extensions with website access are turned off and you need to manually re-enable them. iCloud Private Proxy also uses IP address location based on country and time zone instead of regular location.

Safari in iOS 17 also gets the profile feature, so you can separate personal browsing and work browsing, with different history, tab groups, cookies, and favorites.

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