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Security researcher tears apart White House app and finds a tracking and security nightmare

boingboing.net • 06 May 2026, 21:26

Security researcher tears apart White House app and finds a tracking and security nightmare
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A security researcher who decompiled the White House's new mobile app says it contains hidden GPS-tracking capabilities, weak security protections, and code loaded from an outside GitHub page, raising serious questions about privacy and cybersecurity.

And it gets even stranger. Apparently, the app is loading JavaScript from a random person's GitHub site for YouTube embeds.

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