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The point is that the app can just record the old IDFA, and when the IDFA changes whoever is doing the comparison between two apps knows that the old and new ID
by thenewnewguy 7y ago
The point is that the app can just record the old IDFA, and when the IDFA changes whoever is doing the comparison between two apps knows that the old and new IDFA are one and the same.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7y agoA likely-good-enough fix would be for Apple to first make extremely clear that this is not allowed, then catch one ad framework/library provider violating the rule and ban every single app/publisher using it to ensure the rule is actually taken seriously.
- scarface74 7y agoHow do you “catch” them? The ID is sent from the app and not in plaintext.
- afiori 7y agoI imagine with the usual review process
- scarface74 7y agoThe review process can’t tell the contents of the data being sent back.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7y agoThrough the usual software analysis methods (reverse engineering, static and dynamic analysis, ...)
- marc3842h 7y agoWhat I think is that if the ID would be reused this would be kinda eliminated? I don't see a reason to not make them reusable.