Ugh, daughter mugged for her iPhone 5

[A-Polly]

Wow, these have been eventful days. So glad your daughter knew what to do, and is okay.

[RAMd®d]

believe, but am unsure, that the touch ID as well as a passcode can be overwritten by connecting to iTunes and resetting the phone.

I don't know that that is correct.

Touch ID can be bypassed by "brute forcing" a password, assuming the 'Phone was locked. They would then have access to any information on the 'Phone.

Without her/your Apple ID and password I don't think the 'Phone can be erased or activated.

Did you activate the Remote Wipe?

I'm glad your daughter was OK.

I would recommend that in a situation like that, the *instant* a someone in a similar situation to scream like crazy and run, towards people, if possible.

A couple of years ago, a woman walking out of a store, started screaming. A friend and I ran over to see what was going on. There was a woman on her hands and knees apparently looking for something, and a man was standing directly behind the screamer.

I asked her (the screamer) what matter was. The other woman got up and said "I dropped my contact". Looking at her I made a WAG and said "You're not wearing contacts. At that guy bolted but tripped over my friend's foot. He bounced a bit but was up and off, and the girl took off in another direction.

When we talked to the woman, she said she had been the victim of an attempted strong arm robbery a few weeks before, under exactly the same circumstances but by different people. The picked her (I believe) because of the purse she was carrying. It was more of a beach bag than a purse. I imagine the guy was going to either dip into it or rip it off.

The only reason she was even more fortunate this time than the last was because the instant she suspected trouble, she screamed. Everything's a situation, but I think that more often than not, screaming is a good idea. Let them take the phone or purse, but get some attention.

[Rolando]

Glad your daughter is ok! That's the important part. My older daughter never seems to have any awareness of her surroundings; I won't let her drive until she demonstrates some, she is perfectly ok with that, so I make her wait for rides.