Every medical device has its own unique code, allowing manufacturers to keep track of their products once they enter the market. But while these codes are critical for recalling faulty devices or ...

Everyone has been talking about privacy for years, but now that the backlash is big enough for some lawsuits to be filed, a privacy-centric approach to device identity claims to replace media access ...

Legislation requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a final rule on universal device identifiers (UDI) has been introduced as part of a Senate bill to reauthorize user ...

The manufacturer of a device sets a unique ID for it. This ID is a string that your Operating System uses to match the device to its package. So, if a device package declares that it can work with ...

Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Your iPhone has trouble keeping secrets ...

Apple killed the IDFA. What else dies along with it? The Identifier for Advertisers that Apple created for iOS devices is now crippled: opt-in only with a scary warning about companies tracking you ...

To disconnect an iPhone from an iPad, you can use iTunes, the devices themselves, or disable Handoff, the feature connecting ...