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If you've backed up your iPhone photos to iCloud, you're already doing better than most people. Keeping an online backup of your photos means it's easy to retrieve them if something happens to your phone. But even then, it shouldn't be your only solution. Photos stored in the cloud can come and go more easily than you think—for example, if you delete a synced photo on any one Apple device, it's also deleted from your iCloud account.For this reason, it's always a good idea to back up your photos to a second location, preferably offline. Apple doesn't make it very easy to do that, as I learned the hard way last year, when a close family member passed away. My family and I were trying to save a copy of their photos, and before we could even properly register our grief, we found ourselves jugg...

We are constantly being bombarded by scam texts—often impersonating trusted organizations—containing phishing links that aim to collect personal information, from account credentials to credit card numbers. The majority of Americans receive such texts at least once a week, and 20% of Americans are spammed on a daily basis. It's best practice to ignore unsolicited communication in any form and never, ever click included links—so it's confusing when a company you do business with actually does text you about your account security. T-Mobile users have received text messages with a link to update their PIN and other account details. As reported by Android Authority, this text, though suspicious, is actually legit, but you don't need to click the link. What the T-Mobile account security text sa...