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If you previously had Facebook or Messenger installed on the phone it's possible they saved some user info on the device or in the cloud linked to your device ID.



AFAIK device uuid has been unique to device+app for at least 2 years now (iOS).


device + app having a unique UUID has been going on longer than that.

3 years ago uber got popped for this:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/23/15399438/apple-uber-app-s...

I can tell you that fingerprinting is still possible today.


It’s company not app on iOS, you get a new one if you delete every app from one publisher




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