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All networking components have a unique ID also (MAC Addresses), so this feels a bit like scaremongering to me. Developers on any platform can use that relative

by orta 16y ago

All networking components have a unique ID also (MAC Addresses), so this feels a bit like scaremongering to me. Developers on any platform can use that relatively safely to presuming individuality, so why's it bothersome that the iPhone has one unqiue ID? (instead of the two MAC addresses (wifi / cellular )

rmoriz 16y ago
It's probably the first time in history that the UUID is used by many 3rd party software developers.
shareme 16y ago
yes but some aspects change under mobile radio to IP gateways.. Your mobile SIM card encrypts the unique part of the ID.. The bother some part comes in when a #RD party has access sot that ID ..on most mobile OS platforms the 3rd party developer has very restricted access to that ID..not on iphone
prodigal_erik 16y ago
A user can replace the default MAC address which the platform read from the hardware. Is that true for an iPhone UDID?