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Stolen iphone, can photos or info be accessed?

  • 12-02-2016 9:25pm
    #1
    vard
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭


    Question for a friend who just had her phone snatched.

    It's an iPhone 6. If the phone is turned off and requires a pin would the thief be able to hook the phone up to a computer or access any information or files on the device? She's worried there may be a picture of the front of her credit card on it and wants to know if she should cancel it.

    Appreciate the help!

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,322 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Seems to be vulnerabilities with certain versions of the OS where passcode can be bypassed...

    http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/how-hackers-can-access-iphone-contacts-and-photos-without-a-password/


  • #3
    vard
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭vard


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Seems to be vulnerabilities with certain versions of the OS where passcode can be bypassed...

    http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/how-hackers-can-access-iphone-contacts-and-photos-without-a-password/

    Thanks for the warning. Definitely seems she'd be better off staying safe.

    If the phone is hooked up via USB can it be accessed as if it were an internal drive?


  • #4
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    vard wrote: »
    Thanks for the warning. Definitely seems she'd be better off staying safe.

    If the phone is hooked up via USB can it be accessed as if it were an internal drive?

    Nope.


  • #5
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Cancel the card. Better safe than sorry, you'll forever be wondering 'if'. I say that as a person with a professional interest in Information Security. The chances of any thief bothering to go through a phone are remote, and with only the front digits their options are even more limited, most thieves want to wipe it and get it sold ASAP, but the risk still exists. I'm presuming your friend has no corporate data on the phone or the phones contents wouldn't be of interest otherwise? The new additions to iOS security make it a shade harder to sell on and expose, but I'd be airing on the side of caution.


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