Ad networks said to be going around Apple to track iOS users
Despite Apple's earlier efforts to increase privacy on iOS, mobile ad networks have found new ways to find out what iPhone and iPad users are doing on their mobile devices, according to a new report.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today, citing sources, that a host of mobile ad networks are now culling data from a unique identifier in the iPhone's wireless networking component, called Open Device Identification Number (ODIN). In addition, the ad networks have taken advantage of OpenUDID, which can be found in the platform's copy-and-paste feature.
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