With the introduction of iOS 6, Apple also rolled out a new method of tracking users for advertisers and developers: IFA, IDFA or "ID for advertisers". Although the technology cannot be used to personally identify a user, it does however…
BlueToad, a Florida-based digital publishing firm, announced today that the one million stolen Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) published by AntiSec hackers last week were taken from its servers two weeks ago, and are not part of an FBI snooping…
Posted September 4, 2012, 9:59 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, IT Security
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the spotlight after Anonymous and LulzSec co-op AntiSec revealed it breached their security and extracted 12,367,232 Unique Device Identifiers (UDID) for Apple iOS devices from one of their agent’s laptops, raising concerns as…
MoPub, a mobile ad company, claims that Apple's policy of rejecting ads which utilize unique device identifiers (UDID) is resulting in an ad revenue loss of 24 percent for iOS developers. MoPub arrived at this finding after analyzing three months worth…
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