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Is Apple Tracking iPhone Users Through IMEI?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the putting-on-the-foil-hats dept.

ariefwn writes ""As I sit here applying a new layer of Reynolds tin foil to my international hat of conspiracy, its been proven that Apple tracks iPhone usage and tracks IMEI numbers of all their iPhones worldwide. Hidden in the code of the 'Stocks' and 'Weather' widgets is a string that sends the IMEI of your phone to a specialized URL that Apple collects. I wonder if there will be any implications to owners of hacked iPhones..."

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  1. Just a few more minutes... by mattgreen · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for someone to respond with an eight page analysis of why this isn't really a big deal, complete with immaculate formatting and excellent grammar. Then everyone simply looks at the length of the post and says, "aha! see, it ISN'T a problem! Not that I read it all, but I'm with *this* guy!"

    Don't let me down.

    1. Re:Just a few more minutes... by ironwill96 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ok here goes.

      This

      isn't

      really

      that

      big

      of

      a

      deal.

      I'm feeling better already, what about you?

      --
      "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." - Tennyson
    2. Re:Just a few more minutes... by mattgreen · · Score: 4, Funny

      You, sir, win, by not only failing to bite at my semi-troll, but actually having a laugh yourself.

      Well-played.

    3. Re:Just a few more minutes... by Valiss · · Score: 5, Funny

      I didn't read the whole thing, but I'm with that guy.

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      -Valiss
  2. Well... by abaddononion · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it's Apple tracking you, not AT&T?

    Wait...

  3. iPod Touch by jolyonr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course, if I happened to be running the Stocks and Weather applications on my iPod Touch it wouldn't have an IMEI number to send, would it? Not that I am running those applications on my ipod, because that of course isn't allowed.

    Jolyon

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  4. Re:Yes, and the problem is? by wattrlz · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if someone got it off eBay? In that case they can probably afford to sue.
  5. Get your facts straight... by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Funny

    "As I sit here applying a new layer of Reynolds tin foil to my international hat of conspiracy,"
    Reynolds doesn't make tin foil. They make aluminum foil! There is a big difference between Tin and Aluminum!

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    See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
  6. simple solution by eck011219 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just use your phone in a Faraday cage, and they can't track you at all.

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    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.