US EditionWhite House App Adds Trump Updates and ICE Tip Line Amid Privacy Questions
Researchers say the app may share IP addresses and location signals with third parties while its privacy manifest remains blank, raising transparency concerns.
- On Friday, the White House launched an official mobile app featuring President Donald Trump's social media updates and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line for "suspected criminal activity," reaching the third-most downloaded spot on Apple's App Store.
- Experts said the app is part of the Trump administration's broader effort to develop a state media apparatus as an alternative to what it calls the "fake news" mainstream media, reassuring backers amid turbulent times.
- Digital privacy researchers reported finding mechanisms that log user location, while cybersecurity experts described the software's "slipshod" approach as dangerous, particularly given its use of components from a Russia-founded company.
- Philip Fields, a cybersecurity researcher and former FBI intelligence analyst, told NOTUS that amateur WordPress development puts visitors at risk, as the app regularly shares IP addresses and time zones with third-party services.
- The White House has denied collecting user locations or using Huawei software, though the latest version released on Friday leaves privacy disclosures blank, complicating the administration's claim of no data collection.
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Trump’s new app has no privacy policy and uses Russian software
President Donald Trump has been promoting the White House’s new mobile app — pushing it to become the third-most downloaded item on Apple’s popular App Store. But the app reportedly has numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities, does not properly disclose the data it shares, and uses software components from a Russia-founded company.“Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White House’s new app regularly shares users’ IP addresses, time zones and o…
Trump's New App Has a Blank Privacy Policy and Uses Software From a Russia-Founded Company
President Donald Trump has been promoting the White House’s new mobile app — pushing it to become the third-most downloaded item on Apple’s popular App Store. But the app reportedly has numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities, does not properly disclose the data it shares, and uses software in part from a Russia-founded company. “Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White House’s new app regularly shares users’ IP addresses, time zones and oth…
White House app triggers alarm bells as experts fear it's spying on Americans
Digital privacy researchers were reportedly concerned over the White House's news app — not just its "rose-tinted view of the president" — but what it can actually doSome experts have questioned whether the app, which was apparently downloaded about 700,000 times in the first week alone, could serve as a surveillance tool to keep an eye on the American public, The Washington Post reported. It shares updates from President Donald Trump's social m…
White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Flaws
NOTUS: “Cybersecurity researchers warn that the White House’s new app regularly shares users’ IP addresses, time zones and other data to third-party services. But most of its users wouldn’t know that, because the app doesn’t disclose its data sharing the way most others do.”
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