We set up a MITM proxy and captured the decrypted HTTPS traffic from the official White House iOS app. On a single browsing session it contacts multiple Elfsight domains, sends your device fingerprint to OneSignal, and loads Google DoubleClick ad tracking. The privacy manifest says it collects nothing.
Why on God’s Green would anyone be so fucking dumb as to utilize ANY computer app/program built and operated for the current administration.
Christ on a cracker… I read through to the last comment - nice touch that there’s a Huawei SDK in the mix. Oyyyy!
It’s almost too on message, isn’t it? If I read it in a comic book, I’d say it was overly predictable. Weaponized ignorance.
There’s a lot of that surrounding IT, unfortunately.