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That doesn't give you the phone number though, nor does it excuse them using the phone number (as I'm inferring from the wording in the article). TelephonyMana
by aguynamedrich 13y ago
That doesn't give you the phone number though, nor does it excuse them using the phone number (as I'm inferring from the wording in the article). TelephonyManager.getDeviceId() returns the IMEI/MEID/ESN, not the phone number. When most developers require READ_PHONE_STATE for a unique id, this is what they use.
- andymcsherry 13y agoTelephonyManager.getDeviceId() has it's own set of issues. See: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-app-installations.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-a...