https://gist.github.com/iosecure/357e724811fe04167332ef54e736670d I came across this github gist about surveillance on iOS and macOS. Given certain Snowden documents and other leaks, it is quite clear agencies worldwide are interested in linking unique device identifiers to real people and their activities in real time, so I consider the point about Apple's forced UDID/UUID activation system even on non-cellular devices valid. Also the point on Apple's activation server being hosted on Akamai is definitely interesting, especially given CloudFlare's recent "CloudBleed" bug (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13718752; https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1139). Akamai is of course probably already legally backdoored by multiple agencies worldwide, but given their scale you have to wonder what issues are hiding in there, especially since you also have to factor in potential security issues caused by Akamai's third party partners (Akamai subhosts on ISP/IXP peering partner servers). I'm not affiliated with the author, but just thought I'd share.