Timeline for How did my new iPhone know my WiFi credentials?
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Feb 21, 2018 at 8:26 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @grgarside The UDID is no longer used by third party apps. It’s still used by Apple apps like iCloud and iTunes. | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | grg♦ | @Mike Your phone's UDID isn't used by apps: Apple haven't accepted apps using UDIDs for 6 years now | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 16:55 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @user1332148 Your phone’s UDID is used by apps, and has nothing to do with connecting to WiFi networks. Its MAC address might matter if the network restricts access to whitelisted addresses, but that’s not common. | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 16:55 | vote | accept | user1332148 | ||
| Feb 20, 2018 at 16:53 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Unless your access point is filtering by anything more than correct log/pass, it won't care which device tries to connect to it. | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 16:23 | comment | added | user1332148 | So my understanding about the UDID stated above is incorrect? | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 16:12 | history | answered | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |