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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

How about instead of identifying the device, we use an " app profile"
that can be changed on the same device, or copied from one device to
another.

So for me, I would have "user=mhall119&profile=phone" applied to my
Nexus 4.  When I get my Nexus 5, on first boot or first time to the
store it tells me I need a profile for the device, it then gives me the
option to use "phone" or create a new one.  Likewise I can have a
profile for my Nexus 7 tablet, that can either be the same as the
profile for my phone, or different.  Same again with my laptop.

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx

On 01/30/2014 03:49 PM, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Marc Deslauriers
> <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>     On 14-01-30 03:34 PM, Roberto Alsina wrote:
>     > One advantage of doing it on first boot is the possibility of
>     letting the user
>     > decide a "human readable label" for the device that will be
>     consistent all
>     > through the device's life.
>     >
>     > It all depends on what features and user experiences we want to
>     implement.
>     >
>     > For example: user reinstalls device, then the store suggests "want
>     to reinstall
>     > all your apps".
>     >
>     > That implies that the store will know this newly installed device
>     is the same
>     > one as a device the user used before, which then implies we should
>     ID it
>     > somehow, either via the human-friendly label or some HW serial number.
> 
>     Why should we limit that to reinstalls of the same device? If I get a
>     replacement device, as long as the hardware is the same, shouldn't I
>     get my apps
>     reinstalled?
> 
>     Actually, I would probably want to get my apps reinstalled even if I
>     changed
>     hardware. (Of course, certain apps that aren't compatible would be
>     excluded...)
> 
> 
> But I would not want my apps "reinstalled" on a new device :-)
> I suppose it would ask and I would just say no, but if I have more than
> one device, then this gets
> complicated.
> 
>  
> 
>     >
>     > If we use a serial number, there are a number of privacy concerns
>     (which could
>     > be alleviated using a hash? No?) If we use the human-friendly
>     label, then we
>     > need to let the user change it somehow and preserve the device's
>     identity.
>     >
>     > I suspect we should first come up with user stories and then
>     design the feature.
>     >
> 
>     I agree. The user stories should determine what the minimum required
>     information
>     is needed. It would be preferable to use a generated UUID that can be
>     changed/regenerated by the end user rather than hardware serial
>     numbers or mac
>     addresses that have privacy implications.
> 
> 
> I'm ok with either. 
> 
>