I had my iPhone stolen and the thief used my passcode to access it. I suspect they saw me inputting it in and memorized it. They then disabled find my iPhone and removed the device from my iCloud account. My question is how do I know if they still have access to my data/photos? How do I know if the phone has been restored or not?
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Btcwisdom27 wrote:
they did remove the device from my icloud account, how much of one’s data is stored locally that they can still access?
Okay, enough with the dribbling.
You have had a catastrophic security compromise.
In short, everything. Local iPhone data. iCloud data. Everything.
If they wanted it, all of your data included.
Quite possibly including data from other devices via any iCloud backups.
If they want to, they can brick your devices, and delete everything, and can use your data to scam your friends and contacts.
Change your Apple ID password, enable two-factor authentication if not already enabled, review your security and run Safety Check, look for unrecognized trusted devices, change all passwords, etc.
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
they did remove the device from my icloud account, how much of one’s data is stored locally that they can still access?
Okay, enough with the dribbling.
You have had a catastrophic security compromise.
In short, everything. Local iPhone data. iCloud data. Everything.
If they wanted it, all of your data included.
Quite possibly including data from other devices via any iCloud backups.
If they want to, they can brick your devices, and delete everything, and can use your data to scam your friends and contacts.
Change your Apple ID password, enable two-factor authentication if not already enabled, review your security and run Safety Check, look for unrecognized trusted devices, change all passwords, etc.
Here is what Apple recommends doing: If your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen - Apple Support
They have your passcode - and the phone is not Activation Locked. So no, changing your Apple ID password does not lock them out of the phone.
if your carrier blacklists the phone, that may cut the criminals off from cellular voice, text message, and data service - but they’d still be able to use the iPhone as though it was an iPod touch. They’d still be able to go through your contacts, photos, videos, notes, etc.
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
because find my iphone was disabled I was not able to remotely erase.
There is no further remedy.
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
I understand all this, but because find my iphone was disabled I was not able to remotely erase. How can I be sure my phone was restored to factory?
You can't.
Hopefully, your phone was locked, and the thieves did not learn your passcode (e.g., by surreptitiously watching you entering it before stealing the phone).
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
they did learn my passcode
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
they did remove the device from my icloud account, how much of one’s data is stored locally that they can still access?
If they had your passcode, they'd be able to get into pretty much everything.
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
I did all that already, they dont have any access to my Icloud data anymore. Im only worried about the local data/photos/videos
A catastrophic and total compromise includes access to read and modify everything; every video, every photo, every chat, every mail message, every password, every linked social media profile, everything.
Worrying about that won’t change what happened.
You are a very dramatic individual lol I was able to recover everything from my icloud back up and nothing was erased, I only care if they currently still have access to my data/photos/videos or it more likely they wiped it clean to resell?
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
You are a very dramatic individual lol I was able to recover everything from my icloud back up and nothing was erased, I only care if they currently still have access to my data/photos/videos or it more likely they wiped it clean to resell?
That data ceased to be your concern when the iPhone and its data ceased to be yours.
I understand all this, but because find my iphone was disabled I was not able to remotely erase. How can I be sure my phone was restored to factory?
so I just have to hope that device was wiped clean by the thieves?
they did learn my passcode
they did remove the device from my icloud account, how much of one’s data is stored locally that they can still access?
Btcwisdom27 wrote:
they did remove the device from my icloud account
Does that mean they could not access your iCloud data before this removal? I hardly think so.
My iPhone was stolen, how do I ensure the data has been removed off the iPhone?
