Here’s a probable explanation of what Uber was & wasn’t doing when it tricked Apple<div class="feat-image">
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<p>We learned yesterday that Tim Cook almost pulled Uber from the App Store over the way it was <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/23/tim-cook-reportedly-threatened-to-remove-uber-from-the-app-store-in-ceo-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tracking iPhones[/url] and tricking Apple engineers. Uber had seemingly found a way to ‘fingerprint’ individual iPhones even after the app was removed, and had taken steps to try to hide this behavior from Apple – one of many questionable business practices the ride hailing firm has made in recent years.</p>
<p>Mr. Kalanick told his engineers to “geofence” Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., a way to digitally identify people reviewing Uber’s software in a specific location. Uber would then obfuscate its code from people within that geofenced area.</p>
<p>The <a href="
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1&referer=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">original
NYT piece[/url] suggested that Uber was somehow able to track iPhones even after they had been erased, but well-connected
John Gruber has come up with what seems like a more probable description of what the company was and wasn’t doing …</p>
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Here’s a probable explanation of what Uber was & wasn’t doing when it tricked Apple
