Apple has instructed third-party developers to cease tracking iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users via the unique serial number associated with each one of its hardware devices. Widespread use of the ...

Apple has been cracking down on apps that try to use a device’s UDID, a 40-character code that uniquely identifies each device the company sells. The Cupertino company’s apparent turnabout (it used to ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. MoPub, a mobile ad company, claims that Apple's policy of rejecting ads which utilize unique device ...

A group of hackers released a file containing unique identification data for over 1 million Apple iOS devices and claim that the information is part of a larger database stolen from the compromised ...

A hacktivist group has published more than a million Apple device UDIDs acquired from a hacked FBI laptop. Is your iPhone or iPad at risk? A hacker collective known as AntiSec has published over a ...

One of the most significant but least talked about changes of iOS 5 was Apple's decision to deprecate the use of UDIDs. In this case study, US monetisation and promotion company W3i explains how it ...

Each iDevice has a unique device identifier number. You can need your UDID for multiple reasons, including the beta testing of apps and other diagnostic processes. We’ll show you how to quickly find ...

A study conducted by mobile ad server MoPub claims that by rejecting apps which use UDID data, Apple is effectively cutting off around 24 percent of developer ad revenue. MoPub notes that because ...