Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Store API rules

Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by MBCook on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:08AM (#36907022)

No. In fact Apple already provides such a per-install UUID for you to use if you wish.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by WirelessGigabit on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:24AM (#36907236)

There is more. I am remove an app and reinstall it and my data is still there. So I can be tracked across installs.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by fauigerzigerk on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:42AM (#36907506)

And annoyingly there is sometimes no way to delete this data completely.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by anonymouse008 on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:31AM (#36907320)

That's CloudKit's CoreData - at least that's what I've seen work.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by actualwitch on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:59AM (#36907739)

As an app user, it is infuriating to me it is even possible to do that.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by scarface_74 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:16AM (#36908066)

I installed Overcast on my phone and since a UUID is saved to iCloud, when I installed it on my iPad, it automatically ties it back to my Overcast account without having to explicitly create an account.

The author of Overcast, Marco Arment, did that specifically so he wouldn’t have to store usernames, passwords and emails on his server - increasing privacy.

You can add a username and password to your account if you need to log in to the website. But he really wants to get rid of that requirement too.

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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by saagarjha on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:05AM (#36907854)

That’s the keychain, not user defaults. Amusingly it’s not even included in this list?

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