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Many Top iPhone Apps Collect Unique Device ID

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-computer-is-broadcasting-a-UDID dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like iPhone users are not immune to the types of data leaks recently discovered on the Android platform. Researchers looked at the top free applications available from the App Store and discovered that '68% of these applications were transmitting UDIDs to servers under the application vendor's control each time the application is launched.' The iPhone's Unique Device ID, or UDID, cannot be changed, nor can its transmission be disabled by the user. The full paper is available in PDF form."

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  1. Faggottry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is "Unique Device ID" some kind of slang for the curvature of a penis as it enters a man's anus?

  2. Re:What's That? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You speak of greedy, yet you own 2 iPhones, 1 iPod and 2 iPads. Really?

  3. Laughable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Tasty Koolaid huh? Steve Jobs could turn out to be a ninja-rapist and you'd explain that away too eh?

    If Windows Mobile 7 had a similar feature you'd be all over Microsoft ranting about how nasty and evil they were, too...

  4. Matthew 11:7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're a fag.

    It's a story about Apple, what were you expecting?