[webkit-dev] identifying a unique iPhone?

Mark Rowe bdash at webkit.org
Sat Aug 18 01:01:09 PDT 2007


On 18/08/2007, at 7:46 PM, <mahesh.kulkarni at nokia.com> <mahesh.kulkarni at nokia.com 
 > wrote:

> We can use userAgent string in HTTP request to identify. Thought it
> might not be there already, but iPhone browser people can think of
> sending string "iPhone" and IMEI number in UserAgent string.  Not only
> in scott case, this will be helpful to identify specific iPhone for  
> one
> time download contents or online gaming in future.

Not to mention being a huge invasion of the user's privacy.

- Mark




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