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Find my iPhone assistance (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ChromeMotor@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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So recently I bought a second hand iPhone 11.

It was completely reset when I bought it, everything setup perfectly, I can enable Find my iPhone and use all other features just fine. However, this guy seemed shady, and I'm concerned that he may have left find my iPhone enabled and then reset the phone, allowing him to track me after I set it up with my own information.

This probably is just a stupid worry, but I need some sort of reassurance or something so I know that isn't or could be the case.

Is it possible for this iPhone to have "find-my" enabled on two separate accounts? or is that just not possible, thank you.

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[–] Consistent_Use1178@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Apple does not allow you to setup 1 device for 2 iCloud accounts. If you’re able to enable find-my, this means that the phones serial number has been fully de-registered from the previous owner, and that it’s registered to you. In fact, you wouldn’t be able to use your iCloud or get into the phone whatsoever.this is called “activation lock”, which is a genius name, you can’t activate if its “locked” to another iCloud… ever.

[–] gigantojimuk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Don’t worry about it. If it’s been reset and not registered to his account anymore, he can’t track anything.