Seattle Startup Offers Solution for Apps Rejected by Apple for Using UDID

Sun, 03/25/2012 - 04:57 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

Several months ago, Apple notified app developers that they were going to phase out access to UDID, which is a unique device identifier calculated as a hash of the SerialNumber, IMEI, WiFi MAC Address and Bluetooth Address of the iOS device. The use of UDIDs have raised privacy concerns and prompted government interest, causing Apple ...

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