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Do you know why Apple or Google doesn't provide this kind of unique id ? Applications would be far less invasive so it's in their interest
by Softcadbury 6y ago
Do you know why Apple or Google doesn't provide this kind of unique id ? Applications would be far less invasive so it's in their interest
- est 6y ago> Do you know why Apple or Google doesn't provide this kind of unique id ? This picture explains https://imgur.com/a/XYTNRN3 https://imgur.com/a/XYTNRN3 Chinese can recycle real iPhone/Android devices at minimal cost. Anyone can rent a fleet of real devices, then RCE software can execute any kind of task you want on a real app on a real phone. So even Apple or Google provide some kind of unique id, e.g. iOS already have something like identifierForVendor, the spammers emulate a real user's app download, registration, login process, thus obtaining a real ID. So what can you do about the ID? So the obvious solution is to check for more user information beyond a simple ID. Your IP, mac address, wifi router address, other process the OS is running, device parameters, etc. and privacy is f??ked in the process.
- PurpleRamen 6y agoThey have (had?) uniqueIds. But they don't solve the problem of identifying real users. You can simple fake them or take a real one from somewhere. Information-Density of a single value is far to thin to be a reliable indication on whether someone is a real human or just a script.