nsaheavy.blogg.se - Change facetime login

This is truly a worst-case scenario, and could have very undesirable, and far-reaching affects. If he hacked your Apple ID and found your friend's info from that, then he could have downloaded, via iCloud, all your contacts(or any other data stored in iCloud(Like a whole device backup)). I guess that is to say I'm not really sure what could have happened. How would this stranger happen to get your email address (slight character or two different then his) and your friends?

While this may, at first glance, sound like a likely option, it really doesn’t make much sense either.

Somehow, might it be possible that it, in some way wasn't your email address? Perhaps it is just a one letter different?.

Again, this doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just would just be odd.

But why would someone Facetime the person whose account they hacked into? From what I've heard, hackers like to remain anonymous.

Without you sharing more info, there are a couple things that could have happened: Again, I am not saying either way, just a question mark about what happened. If you haven't received such email, it would seem there is a possibility that your account wasn't hacked. To the best of my knowledge this happens any time a device is signed onto Facetime initially. For example, when I purchased a new MacBook Pro recently, I signed into Facetime, then received an email to my Apple ID email address that stated that my new MacBook Pro was now registered with my Apple ID account(Facetime). In addition, you will receive an email confirmation when a new device is registered with Facetime. I am just saying that the process would be difficult. I am in no way, stating, or implying, that your Apple ID was not hacked.

"Do something with your Apple ID" could be anything from purchasing content, to download apps, to logging into your Apple ID on a new device.Īll that brings me to the point that unless someone knows you, or, has access to quite a bit of your personal information, it would be very difficult to hack an Apple ID as it is setup right now. If you have done almost anything with your Apple ID in the past 6 months you were probably prompted to set up these questions. In addition they have 3 security questions.

When you set up an Apple ID password, they have very good restrictions that encourage you to make a strong password.

With that in mind, Apple has done several things to increase security of Apple IDs. They can also purchase content with your credit card (if you have one on file), and such. Security of an Apple ID should be of utmost priority. This is because, if they know your Apple ID username and password and you have Find my iPhone enabled, they can remotely wipe your devices, and literally claim your device. First, someone knowing your Apple ID password could have devastating results.