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That's not my understanding of the situation at all. The journalist: - Marked the phone as lost; - Wiped all data; FTA: As quickly as possible, I did all th
by pqdbr 2y ago
That's not my understanding of the situation at all.
The journalist:
- Marked the phone as lost;
- Wiped all data;
FTA: As quickly as possible, I did all the things you’re supposed to do when your phone is lost or stolen —- mark it as lost, cut off service, and remotely erase it
She did not, however, remove (delete) that iPhone from her iCloud account, which means that the iPhone can't be factory reset by the thieves because "FindMy" is still activated.
FTA: As long as I didn’t remove the phone from my Apple account or the Find My app, the phone was essentially bricked to anyone without the passcode and my iCloud password
The iPhone did not, at any time, leak any personal information. What probably happened is that she had a SIM card on it, and from ejecting the tray and putting the SIM into another phone they managed to get her phone number, from which they started contacting her with the threats/scams.
I think this wouldn't even be possible with a e-SIM in the newer iPhone models.
- TheDudeMan 2y agoThanks for this informative post. I was a little confused as well. Right, now we have e-SIMs. So what was the reason for physical SIMs in the first place?
- gbuk2013 2y agoShe actually answered this in one of the comment threads on the article: when accessing the phone it will prompt you to enter the password for the Apple ID which happened to be her email address which happens to be able to receive iMessages. https://www.openweb.com/share/2hQferBhnDlJgGo4oE9Nv6wGjAX https://www.openweb.com/share/2hQferBhnDlJgGo4oE9Nv6wGjAX
- happyopossum 2y agoShe's wrong - the activation prompt ***'s out most of the email address. She likely had an emergency contact or 'lost mode' message on the device. The latter would still be present if remote wiped.
- nanidin 2y agoOr she had an email address like {firstname}@{firstnamelastname.com}.
- kderbe 2y agoiPhone 14's sold in the US do not have a SIM tray. They are eSIM only.