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I'm publishing an app on the Android Market which has an ad in it. I've also been keeping the app's source in a public github repository. In the app, I have the line:
ads:adUnitId="MY_AD_UNIT_ID"
where MY_AD_UNIT_ID is my actual publisher ID. Is there anything malicious anyone could do with my publisher ID? Is there any reason I would want to keep this secret?
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Your publisher ID is the unique identifier for your AdMob account. To protect the security of your account and make it easier for us to find account-specific details, you may be asked to provide this ID when you communicate with Google. You can find the publisher ID by clicking Settings in the sidebar.
PUBLISHER_ID looks like: "pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" And can be found at the top of your Admob dashboard. Your ad unit id looks like "ca-app-pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/YYYYYYYYYY". Ie you ad unit id contains your publisher id.
Description. The Publisher Identification (PID) number is a unique number supplied by a publisher. It is often used to identify a customer or a customer's order. Sometimes, it appears on the mailing label of print journals and can be helpful if included in claims to the publisher. Not all publishers use this identifier ...
In general, there probably isn't anything malicious that someone could do with your publisher ID, but in order to create an Admob account and get a Publisher ID, a user has to accept the Admob Terms of Use. By making your Publisher ID publicly available, theoretically someone could bypass the acceptance of Admob's Terms of Use and this may have legal implications.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and the text written here should not be considered legal advice and/or used as such.
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