Appsfire Announces Open Source UDID Replacement For iOS: OpenUDI

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 2, 2011

“The change to UDID access was noted in a recent set of iOS5
release notes, where it was listed as ‘deprecated.’ The UDID, for
those unaware, is an alphanumeric string unique to each Apple
device, which is currently used by mobile ad networks, game
networks, analytics providers, developers and app testing systems,
like TestFlight, for example. In some cases, developers are even
using the UDID to verify whether users are accessing their app from
a new device.

“By removing access to the UDID in iOS5, Apple has thrown an
entire ecosystem into chaos.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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