Nexus 5 - lost my phone on night out - is my data safe?

[AC Question]

Hi,

Frustratingly I lost my phone over the weekend, it was protected with a pin and has since been blacklisted by my network provider (SIM AND EMEI).

I know this means no one can use this phone again using a different SIM (in the UK anyway) but does blacklisting 'lock down' the phone, so that no data can be accessed? I don't like the thought that if someone has found it they can access my files by connecting via USB and downloading that way for example?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! If you had a screenlock set, then someone else wouldn't be able to access your data simply by connecting it to a computer via USB. If you do that and the phone is still locked, nothing shows up on the computer.

You could go to google.com/android/devicemanager and see if it can locate your phone. You can then send an instruction to wipe the phone--the problem is there is no way to confirm that it was done.