How to make Apple ID safe on phone?

[gadget123]

So my iPhone 15 was stolen earlier this year. Luckily they never got into anything I don’t think. Anyway I have heard in Google of people’s Apple ID being taken over and they can’t get back into it. My worry is I would lose purchases. Would a spare Apple ID and family share solve this issue? I know the credit card is linked to all accounts on family sharing but I guess they can’t get into these? Does anybody here use a spare Apple ID for this reason?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Stolen Device Protection pretty well protects Apple IDs from being taken over; I think you're reading old news stories.

 

[gadget123]

Thanks I can see you can remotely erase the phone but when my iPhone was stolen they managed to turn off find my iPhone within minutes.

 

[JonaM]

Stolen Device Protection would have prevented them from turning off Find My iPhone. The risk isn't so much your AppleID as being logged into email that then allows someone to send recovery links to that email

 

[gadget123]

Stolen Device Protection would have prevented them from turning off Find My iPhone. The risk isn't so much your AppleID as being logged into email that then allows someone to send recovery links to that email

Cool is it a new feature? It happened back in June but maybe never had it on

 

[I7guy]

On iOS 18 you can protect sensitive apps with Face ID. Under screen time and content and privacy restrictions set a screen time passcode and then protect location services, share my location, accounts, passcode and Face ID. And turn on stolen device protection.

All of these layers of security make it more difficult to unravel your digital life.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Cool is it a new feature? It happened back in June but maybe never had it on

Fairly new; not sure if pre-June or not one of the iOS 17 updates.