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So It Wasn’t The Fibbies?
Be prepared for the next great transfer of wealth. Buy physical silver and storable food.
market-ticker.org / by Karl Denninger / September 11, 2012
If you remember a few days ago a hacking group claimed they had stolen a laptop owned by an FBI agent and it contained a “master list” of Apple UDIDs — unique device identifiers, many of them with customer information.
It now appears that the FBI was not involved.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that one of the companies that builds applications for Apple products, Blue Toad, appears to be the source of the file.
This points out one of the major issues with devices like the iPhone (and Android for that matter); unique device identifiers are often something that application publishers have as it is used as a means of authentication (e.g. whether you bought the product in question) for their products. This identifying number is then (through credit card or other records) tied to you.
Thanks to BrotherJohnF
2012-09-11 06:04:09
Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2012/09/11/so-it-wasnt-the-fibbies/
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