Comment by brian | July 21, 2008 | 2:51 pm

Once an application is purchased, I’d like it to be automatically registered on my website.

Is it possible for an App Store application to programatically obtain the name of the Apple ID that was used to purchase it? Or, are there other tools available to identify purchased applications with a user account (in a 1:1 relationship… one purchased application=one user account)) within my web app?

Comment by Erica Sadun | July 21, 2008 | 2:57 pm

Man, that sounds like a major breech of privacy.

Comment by boomersmech | July 21, 2008 | 6:42 pm

Id say its possible in a similar fashion but the other way around.. Look at how Pandora.app deals with account signup..

Comment by dwatson | July 23, 2008 | 9:00 am

How were you able to pull that out? I could find out any info from the SDK docs, and it appears the sandbox prevents you from spawing processes. I was able to get the Wifi mac address, but couldn’t get the serial number or UDID. Any info would be very helpful.

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Comment by lman817 | August 22, 2008 | 12:35 pm

Hi Erica,

I’m developing an iphone app. I’m just curious, how do you access the iphone’s device ID using the SDK? Thanks

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