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A Security Researcher Decompiled The White House App, & What They Found Is Pretty Alarming
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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It also pings your location every four minutes. But man, a random github is gold. These morons have the full power of the United States at their fingertips, and they use it to... load JS from a random github while tracking you.
Nerd nit (sorry): if you want to abbreviate “JavaScript” please use “JS” because Java is a different thing. Sorry!
PS thanks for posting the quote
Extra nerd nit: If you want to abbreviate the postscript announcement, please use "p.s" because PostScript is a different thing!
p.s. thanks for pointing out the difference between Java and JavaScript