A security breach of personal data at Apple was updated by two researchers in digital security. They proved that the Cupertino company could identify each user of a iPhone via a unique identifier, report our colleagues from BFM TV.
“New discovery: Apple’s data statistics contain an identifier called “dsId”. We were able to verify that “dsId” stands for “Directory Services Identifier”, a unique identifier that authenticates an account iCloud. Which means that Apple can personally identify you,” the researchers explained.
A practice contrary to the official discourse of Apple
With this process, Apple would also be able to access user interactions with the application store. App Store From searches to apps viewed and for how long to ads viewed. For the time being, it is impossible to know whether or not the Apple brand uses this data, and if so in what context.
What is certain, however, is that this type of discovery goes against the brand’s official discourse on the safety of personal data of its users. Apple does not hesitate to praise in particular its App Tracking Transparency, a device offering the possibility to users of the brand’s devices to refuse to be tracked by certain applications.