Re: [Fed-Talk] Whoa Nelly
Re: [Fed-Talk] Whoa Nelly
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Whoa Nelly
- From: Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:11:39 -0400
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dave Schroeder <email@hidden> wrote:
> Why is it going to "get interesting", given that UDIDs alone are near-worthless, that only app developers themselves could combine UDIDs with other information to track users, and that Apple has already been rejecting apps that abuse UDIDs in this way?
>
UDIDs are classified as non-public information. The are similar in
sensitivity to IMSIs and IMEIs.
Apple and Google are removing the ability of programs to retireve the
information from their APIs. Windows Phone does not provide the
functionality - period.
The question should be (if the claims are true): what is the FBI doing
with the non-public information, and how did they obtain it?
The answer to the latter is probably chilling: I would suspect a
partnership between priavate/corporate america and government
(possibly a Fushion Center). It totally sidesteps protections afforded
to us (the citizens).
Jeff
> On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:31 PM, "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/04/why-is-the-fbi-carrying-around-a-file-with-12-million-apple-user-udids-and-is-yours-one-of-them/#vanilla_comments
>>
>> This is going to get interesting.
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