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White House App Found Tracking Users' Exact Location Every 4.5 Minutes via Third-Party Server (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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The Trump administration's newly launched White House App is under scrutiny after a software developer claimed to have found embedded code that tracks users' precise GPS coordinates every 4.5 minutes and automatically syncs them to a third-party server. The claim, posted on 28 March 2026 by the X account @Thereallo1026, has drawn nearly 260,000 views and prompted questions about data collection practices in government-operated applications.

The post included what appeared to be decompiled source code from the app, revealing what the user described as OneSignal's 'full GPS pipeline compiled in.' According to the post, the code showed the app 'polling your location every 4.5 minutes, syncing your exact coordinates to a third-party server.' The White House has not publicly responded to the specific technical claims.

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[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

There's a lot of that, it is just that typical media does not cover them as they are not "interesting". Like, there was a Surrounded debate where they brought a lot of conspiracy theorists with one journalist, and iirc they only talked about one topic regarding the government, rest was just flat earth, aliens etc.

There are a lot of theorists that claim how much the government is lying about things, manipulating the masses etc, most of which is slowly coming true.

On a side note, if you have played GTA SA, you must have seen The Truth talking so much nonsense. I would like to share this as I have always found this very funny.

CJ: What's with all the aluminum foil, man?

The Truth: Protection from mind control, dude.

CJ: Mind control?

The Truth: Induction of images, sound or emotion using microwave radiation. D'you know how many government satellites are watching any citizen at any moment?

CJ: No.

The Truth: Twenty three. Do you know how many religious relics are kept at The Pentagon?

CJ: No, I don't.

The Truth: Twenty three. You see a pattern emerging here, man?

CJ: Man, I'm seeing patterns all over the place! Get that smoke out of my face!

Hehe.

[-] debil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

23, really? I wonder if the writers included a RAW reference intentionally or by accident.

[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago

Look up 23 enigma. It is kind of real, has a Wikipedia page too.

[-] debil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the enigma and RAW are kind of tightly connected so I guess it was intentional.

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