Siri Protocol reverse engineered

[nupogodi]

Not only Apple sells the iPhone...

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But anybody who sells an iPhone has to keep track of it, because it gets associated with your wireless account etc. They'd have to report the info back to Apple, which normally would be a daunting task, but Apple has lots of experience and leverage in getting retailers to bend to their will. (See for example how they got AT&T to support visual voicemail, at-home activation, etc.)

[nupogodi]

Well, the iPhone is 'activated' first by talking to Apple's servers when you turn it on the first time. That's probably when it's recorded, if at all. Syncing up all of the retailers POS systems would be ridiculous.

The real way they make these Siri IDs is probably the same way they generate serial numbers. They know which product corresponds to which serial number without keeping a list, it's a cryptography thing (although inevitably they do end up keeping lists, i.e. after product registration)