from a book Art of war “If you know your capabilities and don’t know your opponent’s abilities, for every victory you will suffer defeat.” I think we already spoke in article Previous about the steps that must be taken when your iPhone is lost or stolen article Last we listed some of the things that you must do when you find an iPhone and how to find its owner, but this time we will put ourselves in the place of the thief to learn about the things that a thief can do with your stolen iPhone and what precautions you should take To avoid any additional losses.
Try to unlock the iPhone
Let's start with the worst, as the thief tries to unlock your iPhone but he can't because of the lock screen and even if he bypasses it, he still needs to sign in to the Apple account to reset the device and put it in factory mode but the thieves have two ways to that problem:
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The first method is either through phishing, where they have your name and some information about you and you receive a call from someone claiming to be from Apple or an agent for them or even affiliated with a mobile company and trying to obtain from you your iCloud account data or passcode to track the stolen device or protect the data inside .
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The second way is to try to guess the password of your device by knowing some information about you, where the SIM card in your stolen device is removed and placed in another iPhone, and the thief tries to search for the email and guess the password of your iCloud account and this method works with passwords Vulnerable or inspired by a user's private information such as their phone number or 12345, if successful, the thief can unlock the device.
If the thief succeeds in some way, he will try to find anything he can take advantage of inside your iPhone, perhaps an unprotected application and any financial information such as credit card and stored passwords for your social and bank accounts and can blackmail you if they find photos and videos Personal or important to you, then the last stage comes through doing a factory reset of the device and trying to replace or sell the stolen iPhone.
To avoid this scenario, use strong passwords that are difficult to guess and prefer to rely on eSIM cards that cannot be stolen and exploited against you and do not forget to do the other steps we talked about in this the article.
Talk to Siri
If Siri is enabled on your iPhone, Apple's voice assistant will respond to anyone who says the magic word even if the device is switched off. Find out your home address and all this via Siri. So when your device is stolen, immediately log into your FindMy account and report it as a stolen device.
Use Control Center
The thief can access the iPhone control center if it is not marked as lost, and through the control center, you can take photos and videos and turn on Wi-Fi. Like opening locks or shutting down home cameras, spying on you and even making an easy burglary.
Replace the device from Apple
The thief resorts to a simple trick, which is to smash the screen of the stolen device and then try to contact the company in order to replace the broken device with a new one. This trick does not work effectively because Apple customer service requests additional information, but this trick may work easily if you are subscribed to the AppleCare Plus warranty service because One of its advantages is the quick replacement without fees and Apple sends a new device until the broken part is fixed in the other device and for this method to work, the thief needs your name and other personal information and will get a new iPhone from Apple.
Disassemble the iPhone
If the previous attempts failed and the thief could not do anything, he had no choice but to sell the device for a small amount to another person and this person knows that the device is stolen and disassembles it and sells its components and internal parts to maintenance centers and shops that will buy those original parts of the device immediately and benefit Including repairing other iPhone devices and replacing damaged components with sound ones for an appropriate fee.
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A good article, but there is another way to unlock the phone and take advantage of it through paid platforms through which you can unlock the iCloud lock and activate it again
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May God reward you and keep the thieves away from us
Thanks for the ideas 🥷
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An important and necessary article, thank you
It happened when I stole the iPhone while I was in the club, and immediately after that I did the lost mode in iCloud, and about two months later, an alert appeared to me that it was in another city and I deleted all the information from it, and how I wished that I had time to go to the city in which it appeared and reached the security forces until They cooperate with me and get my device back, thank God anyway, I apologize for the long delay
It happened to me, but it was robbed and stolen, thank God
iPhone XNUMX Pro XNUMX
As soon as I did Lost Mode, I got an enable message
After a while, I requested a pending survey, and after a few days, the survey was completed.
Of course, after deleting it for how many days, it disappeared within my devices, but it remained in any iCloud and location, but without directions, only next to a trash can.
Of course, it is known to locate a location that takes place near Bluetooth or a watch, Apple products, etc
But I was worried about entering the password because it was easy, correct, and not serial, but it was possible because it carried information and follow-up, especially the theft within the collusion of the hotel staff with malicious gangs.
I inquired on websites about a serial number, they said a lost device.
But how do I know whether my device has entered or not?
The second thing is that I found a note in the names. The first name was registered with Apple. I got notes written in a message as if its author was a thief because of the majority of people. If he has something or things come back, he takes the first name from the contacts.
Of course, the SIM card is an easy secret number + iPhone, an easy entry code, but if the hotel staff were really traitors, they had their eyes on me, so I didn't think about it.
Thanks for the great article 🌹
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Well done
Very valuable information and scenarios to be wary of. Thank you, Von Islam
What really frightened me besides dismantling the iPhone components and selling them separately is that if the thief finds the iPhone he stole connected to the house locks, he can easily open it through the iPhone and thus steal whatever he wants inside the house
very not good sorry
Very cool article
Very important article, thank you very much.