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Sure, good they are changing. And Zoom is definitely not alone in this. Facebook SDK usage is widespread and it's a horrible thing. And even then, the fault ultimately resides with Apple and Google that provide cross-application unique identifiers.


Yup, cross application unique identifiers are such a bad idea that it is hard to believe they exist. Maybe for Google I understand, since their entire business is advertising and android is more like a live billboard to display ads from their POV, but Apple, the company crying privacy, still provides an advertising id is shocking.




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