Six months ago, Apple began making some big changes to its operating system ahead of the release of iOS5. Among them, was the news that it would begin ramping up the deprecation of the UDID — Apple’s ...

Appsfire, a mobile application marketing platform, is introducing its own solution for the issue created by Apple’s decision to phase out developer access to the UDID (unique device identifier) on iOS ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. We occasionally dig into our question bag, provide ...

The unique string of numbers and letters assigned to your iPhone can potentially expose your real-life identity. Security researcher Aldo Cortesi last week published his discovery of a flaw in the ...

A hacker group claims to have hacked its way to the device ID and user details of 12 million Apple iOS devices. Learn how to find the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) for your device(s) to see if your ...

Last week Apple started rejecting apps that access the Unique Device Identifier (UDID). Developers knew this was coming, but no date had been set for the official rollout. If you've found yourself ...

Apple is stepping up its efforts to reject any iOS application that accesses a device’s UDID, a 40-character code that uniquely identifies each device the company sells. The UDID codes are important ...

In an update to its AdMob software development kit for iOS, Google finished the process of deprecating UDID access in accordance with Apple's privacy policies, completing the transition that began ...

What’s a UDID? How do I find out my iPhone’s UDID? From time to time you’ll need to find out the UDID for your iPhone (or your iPad). In this tutorial we show how to find out your iPhone or iPad’s ...

When Apple addressed a congressional inquiry on privacy in July, the company claimed that it couldn't actually track a particular iPhone in real time, as its transactions were anonymous and thoroughly ...