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When would device id get changed on iOS?
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What are the known cases were device id got from getUniqueId would be changed? ex: when app got removed and installed again? what other cases would there be?
I found some questions on SO but I could not find if the id would get changed while the app is already installed?
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- Created 4 years ago
- Comments:11 (2 by maintainers)
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@BenjaminSAILcloud I would expect device IDs to only be stable for a while. They should be stable during a single installation of the app, but are subject to change if the app is removed and reinstalled. This is a good thing for your privacy and is the point of the API changes the vendors have put in
I would not even hazard a guess, uniquely identifying specific devices is a dark art and generally discouraged so 🤷♂️ - but I’ll expose the APIs if possible 😃