By: Daniel Roberts
How ‘secure’ are these testing sites, given that they do not use SSL when gathering your UDID?
View ArticleBy: Stephen Seche
so everyone that was paranoid that the FBI was following them and checked are now being followed by the FBI.
View ArticleBy: Joseph Lancaster
Why would we give our uuid to some crazy little site that is clearly not secure? Where’s your backstory proofing here?
View ArticleBy: Betty Conklin
So you’re saying that even if our ID is not up there, it might still be compromised. How does this help us?
View ArticleBy: Sean Mac
I wrote the UDID checking script… nope – no SSL cert, just wanted to get the thing up and out as quickly as possible. If you’re really concerned about the sanctity of your UDID you can download the...
View ArticleBy: Emmanuel Fulton
It’s one reason Research in Motion BlackBerry still exist. “SECURITY” RIM BlackBerry is the first and only to pass security certifications like CAPS, FIPS-402 etc. BlackBerry has over 550 Information...
View ArticleBy: Xezuka II
*facepalm, remove hand, facedesk^ …because you can check your UDID against the 1 million that were released to the public. The other 11~ million were not released to the public at the same time/in the...
View ArticleBy: Kevin O'Toole
How much is RIM paying you!? This wasn’t really about the security of the iPhone, as the article points out apps accesses UDID in different ways. There is really only so much you can do once you have...
View ArticleBy: Xezuka II
The last statement was for the guy who made this script by the way — not you.
View ArticleBy: teachpr
Not sure about this. When I tried it it told me I had been compromised but when my UDID number popped up it was not mine – only the first 5 characters matched…anyone else have this issue?
View ArticleBy: Anthony Decena
Why isn’t anyone asking the bigger question here, how the hell did the FBI get all that damn information in the first place? Has Apple just decided that it was going to share all of our personal +...
View ArticleBy: Anthony Decena
They say to use the first 5 numbers because the chances of finding another number that starts with the same 5 characters are slim. Add 1 or 2 more characters and the odds drop exponentially. Its just...
View ArticleBy: azizsabtu
I think these groups of hackers are from China, because recently, my Apple ID was compromised aswell and I was notified of their location. Thank God for security measures.
View ArticleBy: Eric Levinson
So, I looked up a few UDID’s and there is a different Iphone name there even though the full UDID matches. Should I be concerned about this? Is possible that someone found a way to change the UDID in...
View ArticleBy: Bit9 Inc.
It comes down to preventing developer access to UDIDs. 1,000,0001 Reasons for iPhone and iPad Users to Worry https://www.bit9.com/blog/2012/09/04/10000001-reasons-for-iphone-and-ipad-users-to-worry/
View ArticleBy: pio dal cin
I don’t know if this has anything to do with this but my panoramio account was completely deleted from the web. Five years of pictures disappeared in a second. I think it was done via my Iphone
View ArticleBy: Stuart McKenna
You may be missing her point. She entered the first 5 characters in lastpass. The returned UDID matched the first 5 characters, but the remaining characters did not match. Same thing happened to me.
View ArticleBy: Bender Ansal
Exactly what I thought Betty. It’s useless unless you can check against all of them.
View ArticleBy: Oscar Trejo
Exactly, why did the FBI get a hold of this information. Plus even if the FBI denies they were hacked, how certain of that can we be.
View ArticleBy: Jozeph Forakis
I entered MY first 5 UDID digits – as instructed – and got a “CONFIRMATION” that “MY” device was compromised. HOWEVER, the complete UDID code AND complete USER/OWNER name that was displayed WAS NOT...
View ArticleBy: CJ Cook
I can’t believe that ANYONE would find their UDID, then hand it to a website….. Sure, they might be legit, and use it as they state, but am I going to risk it when there is nothing I can do if mine IS...
View ArticleBy: Alex Turbett
I used the tool and only did so because it did not require providing the complete number… only the first few digits. Only problem is that it said I was on the list, but the hit it returned was not me…...
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