Is there a way to validate an iPhone device ID? I want to be able to accept device IDs submitted from iPhone users via HTTP request and validate that they are tied to a legitimate device.
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Is there a way to validate an iPhone device ID? I want to be able to accept device IDs submitted from iPhone users via HTTP request and validate that they are tied to a legitimate device.
If theres a way to validate the Id then theres a way to create a real fake id.
I agree with Tyler comment, there is a way to create Ids (easy) and to validate them (also easy) but to create a ‘fake’ id will require scanning the entire keyspace (hard) or stealing the private key that generated the key (that’s how TLS in fact works). some my initial comment is not valid.
Never the less, this is not how the Apple device Id works, AFAIK they generate the id from various values id of the hardware (MAC address for example)