Losing An iPhone Is Like Losing Your Entire Digital Life: Something Strange Is Going On Across The Country!
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Reyhan Ayas was leaving a bar in Midtown Manhattan when a man she had just met snatched her iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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Within a few minutes, she could no longer get into her Apple account and all the stuff attached to it, including photos, contacts and notes.
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Similar stories are piling up in police stations around the country. Tthieves watch iPhone owners tap their passcodes, then steal their targets’ phones.
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The thief can also often loot the phone’s financial apps since the passcode can unlock access to all the device’s stored passwords.
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“I go to my Photos app and scroll up, hoping to see familiar faces, photos of my dad and my family—they’re all gone,” Ms. Ayas said.