Daughter's iPod Touch Stolen

Hi,
My daughter's iPod Touch was stolen at her school today. She has the iPod locked with a passcode. Is that going to render the iPod useless to whomever stole it, or can they just restore or erase it somehow?
Thanks,
Ray

Pamela Gadsden wrote:
That's not quite true.
The iPod would have to be restored from the computer it's already synced to, what you'd have to do if you forgot your pass code, not the computer of whoever stole it.
It's a good bet that the iPod will be useless to whoever stole it.
The restore will work, and the device will be usable. But, the data will be gone unless the device is synced to the computer it was originally synced to.
Pamela Gadsden wrote:
Yep, here's the link : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
The only way the restore will work is if whoever swiped it syncs it with the daughter's computer.
Thanks for the link, Pamela...but, you may want to read the kbase article you linked.
From near the end of the article: +"If you restore on a different computer that was never synced to the iPhone or iPod touch, _you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode but your data will not be present_. "+
To me, that sounds like exactly what I described in my original response.

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