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My son’s iphone (IP14 PLUS) was stolen in early hours of this morning (1 Nov) but I didn’t find out about it till about 7am. I managed to get the iCloud pw changed as my phone is a trusted number but prior to that the thief had already turned off find my, updated the pw and I was not able to see it to erase. I found thsi out sfter I logged bck into his email (he has special needs so ihave access to his acct).
Having barred the sim, I managed to get a new sim with the same number but am worried the thief has got more info from his icloud account though nothing suspicious shows except that the thief has been able to turn off find my and then change the password.
TLDR; My question is if a phone is stolen and open (not locked), can a thief or fraudster turn off find my quickly without knowing the original password but saying ‘forgot password’ and then a code was sent to the phone? If so, then this is a serious gap in the security.
Many thanks to anyone who can help.
My son’s iphone (IP14 PLUS) was stolen in early hours of this morning (1 Nov) but I didn’t find out about it till about 7am. I managed to get the iCloud pw changed as my phone is a trusted number but prior to that the thief had already turned off find my, updated the pw and I was not able to see it to erase. I found thsi out sfter I logged bck into his email (he has special needs so ihave access to his acct).
Having barred the sim, I managed to get a new sim with the same number but am worried the thief has got more info from his icloud account though nothing suspicious shows except that the thief has been able to turn off find my and then change the password.
TLDR; My question is if a phone is stolen and open (not locked), can a thief or fraudster turn off find my quickly without knowing the original password but saying ‘forgot password’ and then a code was sent to the phone? If so, then this is a serious gap in the security.
Many thanks to anyone who can help.