Anonymous IDs on iPhones, iPads Can Reveal Your Identity
Each iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch contains a “unique device identifier” that can potentially be linked to a customer's real-world identity, according to a security researcher. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com 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 unique device identifier (UDID) stored on each iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. While this device identifier is well-known, it’s not supposed to be connected to a person’s actual identity


