The Trump administration is mandating installation of a White House app on all government-issued phones that contains praise for the president and prewritten messages of adoration. Cybersecurity experts have raised concerns about potential backdoor access vulnerabilities and improper data sharing practices, while critics argue the app violates federal neutrality requirements for government employees.
If that wasn't bad enough, the app closely monitors your location even when the app is not open:
It can also track your accurate GPS location every 4.5 minutes, pulls code from unsecured non-government infrastructure, and provides highly invasive profiling of every user.
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The Trump administration is mandating installation of a White House app on all government-issued phones that contains praise for the president and prewritten messages of adoration. Cybersecurity experts have raised concerns about potential backdoor access vulnerabilities and improper data sharing practices, while critics argue the app violates federal neutrality requirements for government employees.
Weak.
If that wasn't bad enough, the app closely monitors your location even when the app is not open:
And this from the party that supposedly hates "big government" intruding into their lives.