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 ...

A hacker collective known as AntiSec has published over a million Apple device IDs that it claims were captured from the laptop of an FBI agent. If you own an iPhone or iPad, you might be wondering ...

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 ...

Over a year ago, Apple started warning developers to stop referencing the Universal Device Identifier (UDID) in their apps, eventually rejecting them altogether. This caused a bit of a stir because it ...

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 ...

While it was not mentioned at Apple’s WWDC keynote address earlier this week, the newest version of iOS includes a new privacy feature that pushes more advertisers into adopting its latest user ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...