Can my iPhone be hacked with my serial number?

If a person has my iphone’s serial number, is it possible to him to access any of my data, accounts or even hack anything in my phone?


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iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 30, 2025 12:40 PM

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Jan 30, 2025 1:14 PM in response to wassim53

The only use a serial number has to someone else is if some weenie wants to mess with you. If they know what cellular service you were using, they could try and convince your service that the phone was stolen and they want it blacklisted.


But, that would be incredibly difficult as any service now would demand to know identifying information before they would do such a thing. Like the last four numbers of the credit card used to pay your monthly bill, and your cellular account number.

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