Many Top iPhone Apps Collect Unique Device ID

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 1, 2010 @11:19AM 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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OMFG! What ever will we do? What of the children? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-10-01 11:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Won't someone please think of the children! That's what the Donner Party said when their food ran out. Guess what was on the menu the next day? Hmmmm. Unique device ID.