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I decompiled the White House's new app
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The White House's new app is built using React Native with Expo (SDK 54) and operates on the Hermes JavaScript engine. The backend utilizes WordPress with a custom REST API and was developed by "forty-five-press."
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- Concern: The app's performance is severely hindered on older devices, leading to a frustrating user experience that could limit accessibility.
- Concern: Concerns arise about the app's lack of location permissions transparency, raising questions about user privacy and data security.
- Concern: The presence of a cookie/paywall bypass injector and frequent GPS tracking in a government app suggests significant security vulnerabilities and ethical implications.
- Concern: Injecting JavaScript into web views for cookie consent overrides indicates a troubling approach to user consent and data handling by the government.