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by forrestthewoods 4837 days ago
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
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cynix 4837 days ago
> 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.

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revetkn 4837 days ago
Vendor identifier is user-resettable. Storing UUIDs fails on reinstalls. MAC is persistent, as are other tricks like keychain storage
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derefr 4837 days ago
> Vendor identifier is user-resettable.

And that is a feature, not a problem to be worked around. :)

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