Can someone get into my iPhone without having my iPhone in their possession ?

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Can someone get into my iPhone without having my iPhone in their possession ?

Perhaps this may sound a bit paranoid but nevertheless I think if poses avoid discussion....here it goes:

Let's say someone figured out or found out my email account username and password or my apple id and password.Could they log on to them and therefore gain access to any other device logged on to them such as computers iPads and more specifically in this case-my iPhone? Could someone have a view of any device that is currently logged in at the same time that they would be logged in as? Again I am paranoid but with reason being that all this technology never seems to amaze me.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Mar 12, 2013 12:37 PM

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KiltedTim

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Mar 12, 2013 12:47 PM in response to Stream17

They can not gain access to your phone, but they can use your Apple ID/password to do things like set up iMessage on a device in their possession so that they can see iMessages sent/received by you, and your Apple e-mail.

They can not view what you are doing on your phone.

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Answer 2

Nov 28, 2017 4:48 PM in response to Cristian720

No, only things you sync to iCloud. And, if they have an iOS device or Mac using your iCloud ID they can see your call history and text messages.

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razmee209

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Mar 12, 2013 12:47 PM in response to Stream17

A simple solution would be to change your password and don't tell anyone the password.

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Stream17 Author

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Mar 12, 2013 1:13 PM in response to KiltedTim

Yeah don't think anyone credentials and trust me I change passwords constantly perhaps too much but just wanted to make sure they couldn't have access to my phone that one time and insert a type of bug that would always give then a gateway to my phone and its contents

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Nov 28, 2017 4:22 PM in response to Stream17

So can someone acces everything on your phone by knowing your iCloud?

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Stream17 Author

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Mar 12, 2013 12:38 PM in response to Stream17

I meant "it poses a good discussion"

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rajigne

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Mar 12, 2013 12:47 PM in response to Stream17

I think no!

if somebody have your Apple account info like username and password. they can use that on any apple device and come to know what is the you have purchased from App store or iTunes.

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wjosten

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Mar 12, 2013 1:18 PM in response to Stream17

Stream17 wrote:

Let's say someone figured out or found out my email account username and password or my apple id and password.Could they log on to them and therefore gain access to any other device logged on to them such as computers iPads and more specifically in this case-my iPhone?

No, but if they know your Apple ID/Password, they could login to iCloud.com, view any data stored there & issue a command to wipe your devices. If you backup to iCloud, they could restore your iCloud backup to a new device & then have access to your stuff.

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Stream17 Author

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Mar 12, 2013 4:18 PM in response to KiltedTim

Thanks KiltedTim.....do I need to delete music on my phone in addition to changing password and then resync it back into phone or just delete password? My fear is that the music would be corrupted in my phone

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Answer 10

Mar 12, 2013 4:26 PM in response to Stream17

There is no need to delete your music. Changing your passwords is sufficient.

Ignore the fish person. They have their own agenda which doesn't involve helping you or giving you useful information. They jailbroke (hacked) their phone, making it far more vulnerable to potential malware. Jailbreaking can also make an iPhone unstable, causing people to think it's infected even when it's not.

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