Comment on iOS developers: Say goodbye to UDIDsComments−cynix13yI vaguely remember some apps using the MAC address of the WiFi interface as an identifier. Has this been banned yet?−forrestthewoods13yMaybe yes maybe no, but either way that's not a good solution.iOS 6 - use vendor identifier iOS 5 - create an ID via CFUUIDCreate() and save it iOS 4 - can be safely excluded from support−cynix13y> Maybe yes maybe no, but either way that's not a good solution.I'm asking this as an end user - I want to see this usage banned so that apps cannot track me using the MAC address.−revetkn13yVendor identifier is user-resettable. Storing UUIDs fails on reinstalls. MAC is persistent, as are other tricks like keychain storage−derefr13y> Vendor identifier is user-resettable.And that is a feature, not a problem to be worked around. :)
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I vaguely remember some apps using the MAC address of the WiFi interface as an identifier. Has this been banned yet?
Maybe yes maybe no, but either way that's not a good solution.
iOS 6 - use vendor identifier iOS 5 - create an ID via CFUUIDCreate() and save it iOS 4 - can be safely excluded from support
> Maybe yes maybe no, but either way that's not a good solution.
I'm asking this as an end user - I want to see this usage banned so that apps cannot track me using the MAC address.
Vendor identifier is user-resettable. Storing UUIDs fails on reinstalls. MAC is persistent, as are other tricks like keychain storage
> Vendor identifier is user-resettable.
And that is a feature, not a problem to be worked around. :)