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I find this article's title to be clickbait. What Uber was doing by "fingerprinting" although supposedly breaking Apple's rules is definitely not what I would c
by stingrae 9y ago
I find this article's title to be clickbait. What Uber was doing by "fingerprinting" although supposedly breaking Apple's rules is definitely not what I would consider spying.
- mdekkers 9y agoIt's the Register, the IT version of a tabloid. They are allowed to stretch headlines.
- zzalpha 9y agoUber could tell if I changed devices or bought someone else's used device, giving them potential insight into my device usage and buying habits. Is that "spying"? It's certainly tracking beyond a level I would reasonably expect...
- stingrae 9y agoAny app can do that without violating Apple's rules. They can tell whenever a user signs in to the app on a fresh install and the device model/software version is easily accessible. Usually I am not an uber defender, but in this case it seems like the articles only goal is to boost page clicks.
- zzalpha 9y agoAny app can do that without violating Apple's rules. Actually, no, doing so specifically violates Apple's rules. That's the entire point. That "any app can do that" is tautological... it's not like Uber's app is special in this regard. There are many things an app can do that violate the ToS. Normally that stuff is caught during app acceptance... Unless the vendor sneakily bypasses the rules by disguising the functionality, as Uber did here.