Can a thief get into my phone
I had my phone stolen over two years ago. I was in the underground so not online. I immediately knew it had been stolen and got my partner to activate the 'ERASE' through the 'find my phone'. I reported it to the police and also to apple who assured me that as soon as the phone tried to connect to the internet, the ERASE would take place so everything was safe and that basically, whatever poor soul got sold my phone by the thief, would be receiving a 'useless brick'. BUT for two years I can see my phone still in my 'find my phone' as 'erase pending'. The police informed me that apple can not guarantee that my phone will be erased and shouldn't have told me so. So for two years I've been worried that someone would be able to access all the information on my phone. Today I receive the automatically generated email from Apple (and yes it is genuine), saying that 'Activation Lock is requesting your password'. Now I realise that without my Apple ID and password, no one can get into that phone, but am I really that safe? If someone can manage to bypass this step, there is loads of info on that phone!! As the police said, apple cant guarantee that the phone will be erased, so how safe am I? Is there anything I should be doing to safeguard myself further??
iPhone 7 Plus