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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alan Martin

This iPhone scam can lock you out of your Apple account for ever

London’s iPhone users are advised to take special care when using their handset in public after reports of Apple’s own security measures being used against them.

As originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, criminals have discovered that learning a user’s passcode — the four-to-six digit number that acts as a backup to facial or fingerprint authentication — can allow them to lock out the original owner and block Apple’s Find my iPhone app within a minute.

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