khyronelric
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Q: Can I tell if someone is using my Find my iPhone?

Today at 2:08 AM I saw the GPS indicator on my phone.

I went to check and got this (see picture) the Find My iPhone had the purple icon which means: a purple location services icon will appear next to an item that has recently used your location

 

My question is who? it was not me. Is there any way to find out who logged in or from where?

 

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iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 5, 2015 2:31 AM

by Lawrence Finch,Solvedanswer
Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch
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A:

Update: I just noticed your battery is at 4%. When the battery gets that low Find my iPhone starts tracking your location continuously, so if the phone shuts off due to low battery it can still tell you the last place the phone was powered on.

Posted on Jan 5, 2015 1:35 PM

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Q: Can I tell if someone is using my Find my iPhone?

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  • by mabaeyens,

    mabaeyens mabaeyens Jan 5, 2015 2:50 AM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:50 AM in response to khyronelric

    It is your iPhone communicating with Apple servers to send its location to them, instead of someone else trying to locate you. Or said in different words, Apple is locating your device, instead of anyone else finding it. Learn more here:

    Understanding privacy and Location Services on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 8 - Apple Support

  • by Meg St._Clair,Helpful

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jan 5, 2015 5:16 AM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 5:16 AM in response to khyronelric

    Unless you have shared your Apple ID with someone or your Apple ID has been compromised, no one else can be using Find My iPhone to find your phone.

  • by khyronelric,

    khyronelric khyronelric Jan 5, 2015 1:19 PM in response to mabaeyens
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    Jan 5, 2015 1:19 PM in response to mabaeyens

    I Don't think so. It clearly says "Find my iPhone"

  • by khyronelric,

    khyronelric khyronelric Jan 5, 2015 1:21 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jan 5, 2015 1:21 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    I Shared my email and my password to someone else so they could get a file from my inbox. Since my Apple ID is the same and same password that person probably used Find my iPhone. I did not want to believe it but it seems to be the only answer.

    I Changed all my passwords.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 5, 2015 1:33 PM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 1:33 PM in response to khyronelric

    No, you really don't understand how Find my iPhone works. In order for Find my iPhone to know where you are it must use Location Services. If it didn't, when you went to locate your iPhone using another device with the app or by logging in to https://icloud.com/find it would have no idea where your phone was. So it periodically checks your location. That way it can also tell you where your phone WAS, 10 minutes ago, for example, even it is now out of range.

     

    HOWEVER, if you shared your Apple ID you made a big mistake. You should NEVER give your Apple ID and password to anyone else for any reason. Even someone you know and trust. As you did you should change your Apple ID password, verify that your security questions have not been changed. And probably add 2 factor authentication to your account. And NEVER share any password with anyone again.

     

    I have been in the computer field for 40 years. I've had passwords of various kinds almost since the beginning. And I have never told anyone any of my passwords. Even when my IT department needs access to my computer, I enter the password for them. And they understand and approve. After all, they don't want the responsibility if my account was ever compromised.

  • by Lawrence Finch,Solvedanswer

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 5, 2015 1:35 PM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 1:35 PM in response to khyronelric

    Update: I just noticed your battery is at 4%. When the battery gets that low Find my iPhone starts tracking your location continuously, so if the phone shuts off due to low battery it can still tell you the last place the phone was powered on.

  • by khyronelric,

    khyronelric khyronelric Jan 5, 2015 1:51 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jan 5, 2015 1:51 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    This is sounds more likely to be the case.

  • by TJBUSMC1973,

    TJBUSMC1973 TJBUSMC1973 Jan 5, 2015 2:04 PM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:04 PM in response to khyronelric

    khyronelric wrote:

     

    I Shared my email and my password to someone else so they could get a file from my inbox. Since my Apple ID is the same and same password that person probably used Find my iPhone. I did not want to believe it but it seems to be the only answer.

    I Changed all my passwords.

     

    I sincerely hope you've now realized how dangerous it can be to

    1) Give out your account passwords to other people.

    2) Use the same password for multiple accounts.

  • by khyronelric,

    khyronelric khyronelric Jan 5, 2015 2:21 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:21 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973

    yes and no.

    we just found out what really happened. The phone was at 4% so Find My iPhone keeps track of the phone when it hits below 10%.

    the person I have the password has no idea what iCloud is. I was just curious if anyone was able to tell me if it was possible to see the location of the log ins in iCloud.

  • by Lawrence Finch,Helpful

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 5, 2015 2:24 PM in response to khyronelric
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:24 PM in response to khyronelric

    If your iCloud account is accessed from a computer that had not previously been used to log in you will get an email notification.

  • by khyronelric,

    khyronelric khyronelric Jan 5, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    ... Yeah? I did not know.

    i'll try that .