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A security researcher decompiled the White House’s new official app and found some alarming stuff buried in the code, including a hidden GPS tracking pipeline, JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit.

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[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

To the surprise of absolutely nobody....

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