Uber’s not alone in tracking users when apps are deleted

Macworld
May 1, 2017, 7:15 am688 pts
Uber reportedly tagged iPhones with persistent IDs that allowed it to identify devices uniquely after a phone had been wiped and configured from scratch. The company said it was about fraud detection, but its history makes many people dubious, whether that’s true or not. Bigger issues were raised, however.…

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