Is it possible to hack an iPhone 4 remotely using only a laptop?

My fiance' had a strange interaction with a person at McDonalds today.  She was on her iPhone 4, on Facebook, and a person came and sat near her, opened a laptop and started to hit on her.  He had no food, and proceeded to pester her for a few minutes before he finally got the message and left.  He got right up, closed his laptop, went to his car and left. 
Can an iPhone be hacked in a scenario like that?  There has been no unusual activity, but having already been the victim of identity theft, I'm very paranoid.
So, what do you think?  Creep or crook?

There is a possible explanation for what he was doing. McDonalds hotspots are not secure. There is software available that can record the traffic going over the hotspot. If you record a few minutes worth of packets you can find the user IDs and passwords for the email accounts of anyone using the hotspot to check or send email if they have not set up SSL or TLS for their email accounts. Likewise for logging in to web sites. Just about all banks and other financial institutions require SSL to log in, but many smaller retail sites many not. So this is another source of data that can be used for identity theft.

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