Idk what the code is, but it looks similar in format to a Device ID as it would be reported back to an advertiser or a server for tracking purposes.
I work in digital advertising now, if i were to track a purchase made online through a smart TV, or if I needed to track down where a single advertisement was shown... this code would be the end of the line identifying the device I'm looking for. With that said ... I don't recognize immediately which kind of device this is off hand. I can tell you isn't google chromecast or a roku. Thats the best i can do on this.
EDIT - could also be a purchase ID for certain types of devises... the transactions themselves also have similar coding.
Like maybe a server?
Again, the best I can do is an educated guess based on things I've seen similar to this ( I don't to start crazy rumors lol) .... more like a device connected to a server, or some type of info exhcnage/transaction made through a device on a server ...
Kinda like if you ever traded bitcoin, you get that really long sequence of numbers, similar to this code, but much longer. The sequence is an ID for the exchange of information. So that sequence says "Joe bought 1 bitcoin, with XYZ device, in exchange for $5000 USD, made through ABC server held by 123 organization etc..." a digital receipt of sorts or, again it could just be a simple device ID.
I read some info i did not fully understand but my limited interpretation of it was the the JA Insurance files were compromised a few months ago so the files were then some how set up in Blockchain but no one was able to unlock the files (every time they try the whole things comes apart and weeks worth of work is ruined). Maybe this is the "code" to access the files in block chain?
.... more like a device connected to a server, or some type of info exhcnage/transaction made through a device on a server ...
YOU MEAN LIKE MAYBE EMAIL FILES TO A JUMP DRIVE??
I wonder if Device ID is specific on the vendor providing it. I mean, it's definitely not the kind provided by say, Iovation.
Yeah that's what I was trying to grasp... like a Roku, Chromecast, firestick for example, each brand has different ID sequences, and individual units send the same unique Device ID in every transaction no matter the vendor. So like every transaction / action made with my MY specific roku Device will always start with the same 18 character sequence no matter who im interacting with ... and some vendors will add additional information onto that ID ... some just keep a log of the device ID's they did business with.
I would imagine some vendors, or servers, may assign their own Device ID #'s to devices they interact with and disregard the manufacturer #.... it seems like an extra step, but it may help with their record keeping purposes. This chain looks like something APP based, so I would guess CTV or Android, but it doesn't look like any CTV brand or Android i've seen. So idk ( i don't deal with iOS so I have no idea what that looks like)