Point well taken. I do often sometimes forget about the enterprise side of things.
(Sent from my iPad.) -- Conrad Shultz On Dec 22, 2011, at 19:23, John Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks >>> I will use the UUID or DeviceID instead of the phone number. >> >> The device ID (UIDevice's -uniqueIdentifier) is deprecated in iOS 5. >> Don't use it. (As you can probably gather, Apple is rightfully keen on >> preventing developers from trying to track users in non-anonymized ways.) >> >> CFUUID is fine, but keep in mind that if you are storing it in >> NSUserDefaults then this presumably is not actually device-specific but >> app-specific, in the sense that a backup-and-restore ought to preserve >> the NSUserDefaults database across devices (say, if the user upgrades >> from an older iPhone to a newer one). >> >> Now, you haven't said *why* you are doing all this. I can't think of a >> good reason why you would need a true device identifier in your >> application, so hopefully the above caveat won't affect you. >> >> If you would like, perhaps you can elaborate on your goal? >> > We should keep in mind that this could be an enterprise app that would not > necessarily be for sale on the App Store. > Enterprises can distribute iOS apps (along with a Profile) independently of > the App Store. > (OS X server is one method.) > So, perhaps, some asset tracking system? _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
