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Difference between login CustomID vs Android/IOS deviceID

Hi,

I'm using PlayFab for Unity mobile game and found out that we can use DeviceID in Unity with SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier in this topic:https://community.playfab.com/questions/348/206711557-Android-device-ID-with-Unity.html

What I not sure, the CustomID login need an unique string similar as deviceID, so, can we use this ID to login with CustomID (the first time login, user can link facebook/gpgs after that).

If this is bad habit, what issues will happen?

Thank you,

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The Custom ID, Android Device ID, and iOS Device ID logins all work the same way - you're specifying a unique string for the client, which should be secret (only the client knows it), and which is the login credential.

So you can use Custom ID instead, but you'll lose the information on which platform the player is using, which is valuable information for your analytics.

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cool answer, thank you very much

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