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Apple cracking down on third party iOS 6 beta activation services

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By Daniel Petrov

Published: Jul 09, 2012, 1:58 AM

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Apple has allegedly started a legal procedure for copyright infringement towards a few websites selling UDID numbers, necessary to install the iOS 6 beta without a developer account with Apple.

There are a number of those websites out there, profiled in a recent Wired magazine article, and Apple has allegedly asked their hosting providers for the sites to be taken down, with the argument that their services represent copyright infringement, so a lot of those sites started disappearing.

Each one of those services takes advantage of the fact that each registered iOS developer can generate up to a hundred UDID numbers, and they resell those to the general public which wants to try Apple's latest mobile OS version without shelling $99 for a developer's account. One of the services has allegedly made about $75, 000 so far, with its owner commenting: “We do not believe our service was infringing and our services did not violate their guidelines for iOS 6”.

source: Wired & Macstories

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.