Apple refuses to use UDID-numbers to identify iGadzhetov
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Another non-trivial step in Apple users' privacy protection side iGadzhetov literally struck advertisers and distributors of games. The company has revamped approach to coding their mobile devices to unbind each of them unique UDID-number reports TechCrunch.
With the help of UDID-rooms advertisers can use in their favor effective targeting. Although the personal information about them remains unknown to the user, they knew these alphanumeric identifiers iGadzhetov and even some of the data associated with them. This made it possible to offer users with targeted advertising.
With the release of the iOS 5.0 UDID-numbers shall be assigned not by mobile devices from Apple, and each application. Information on how to begin to work especially iAds and Game Center, and other services used by Apple, yet.
One of the managers of the mobile industry believes that Apple's, of course, will not give up the use of UDID-rooms. But if the company from Cupertino to leave access to those numbers only for himself, beating even during development, it may not be the best move. Naturally, he will give odds to iAds and Game Center to the products and services of other advertisers and developers. But how does this affect the image and with respect to the company and its third party partners, while difficult to say.