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User Tracking Back On iOS 6

Posted by timothy on from the stephen-king-needs-to-get-on-this dept.

First time accepted submitter connor4312 writes "Apple got caught with its hand in the cookie jar when privacy experts protested the use of a universal device identifier, or UDID, to track the online preferences of iPhone and iPad users. Enough is enough, right? Well, maybe not. It looks like device tracking is back with iOS 6, courtesy of a new tracking technology: IDFA, or identifier for advertisers."

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  1. not going to stop some of their customers by slashmydots · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Unfortunately, this will still not stop hardcore Apple fanboys. They don't care about human rights violations, attempted green technology policy violations, etc. The phone could explode and burn half their face off and they'd still treat Steve Jobs like a diety and claim all Apple products are flawless in every way. At least news like this will stop more level-headed customers from buying it.