N-gated Hacker News6h ago
🎉🎉 Oh, look! Our benevolent overlords have finally taken a page from Silicon Valley's book and crafted #apps that redefine the meaning of "spyware" 🚀. Who needs #privacy when you can have 28 government-approved permissions just to check the weather? 🌦️📱😂
https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/ #spyware #governmentpermissions #SiliconValley #techhumor #weather #HackerNews #ngated
Fedware: 13 Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban

The White House app ships with a sanctioned Chinese tracking SDK, the FBI app serves ads, and FEMA wants 28 permissions to show you weather alerts.

Sam Bent
Hacker News6h ago

Fedware: Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban

https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/

#HackerNews #Fedware #GovernmentApps #Spyware #Privacy #Concerns #TechNews

Fedware: 13 Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban

The White House app ships with a sanctioned Chinese tracking SDK, the FBI app serves ads, and FEMA wants 28 permissions to show you weather alerts.

Sam Bent
Curated Hacker News6h ago

Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban

https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/

#spyware

Fedware: 13 Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban

The White House app ships with a sanctioned Chinese tracking SDK, the FBI app serves ads, and FEMA wants 28 permissions to show you weather alerts.

Sam Bent
Ian Wardell, J.D.8h ago

I'd say no to downloading ANY app that does this, but I think this is just one of many reasons to NOT download the new White House App.

#Adafruit did everyone a great service with this research:
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/30/decompiling-the-white-houses-new-app/

#Privacy #PSA #Spyware

heise online English13h ago

Apple: iPhone Lockdown Mode "never" hacked

There is currently an attack wave targeting devices with older iOS versions. Apple has commented on the effectiveness of a security feature in this context.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Apple-iPhone-Lockdown-Mode-never-hacked-11229839.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Apple #iOS #iPhone #IT #Lockdown #Malware #Mobiles #Security #Spyware #news

Apple: iPhone Lockdown Mode "never" hacked

There is currently an attack wave targeting devices with older iOS versions. Apple has commented on the effectiveness of a security feature in this context.

heise online
Mac & i14h ago

Apple: Lockdown Mode beim iPhone „noch nie“ gehackt

Derzeit läuft eine Angriffswelle auf Geräte mit älteren iOS-Versionen. Apple äußerte sich im Zusammenhang damit zur Wirksamkeit einer Sicherheitsfunktion.

https://www.heise.de/news/Apple-Lockdown-Mode-beim-iPhone-noch-nie-gehackt-11229603.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Apple #iOS #iPhone #IT #Lockdown #Malware #Mobiles #Security #Spyware #news

Apple: Lockdown Mode beim iPhone „noch nie“ gehackt

Derzeit läuft eine Angriffswelle auf Geräte mit älteren iOS-Versionen. Apple äußerte sich im Zusammenhang damit zur Wirksamkeit einer Sicherheitsfunktion.

heise online
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines23h ago

#Whitehouse app is #spyware
How on brand for the criminals nesting in the ruins of the Whitehouse.
Among other things, sends your position every 4.5minutes

#infosec

https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app

(Stolen off my timeline, sorry, lost attribution)

I Decompiled the White House's New App

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

Thereallo
Bob Carver1d ago
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/apple-says-no-one-using-lockdown-mode-has-been-hacked-with-spyware/ #cybersecurity #spyware #LockDownMode #Apple #SmartPhones
William1d ago
I Decompiled the White House's New App #spyware
https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
I Decompiled the White House's New App

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

Thereallo
The New Oil2d ago

#Apple says no one using #LockdownMode has been hacked with #spyware

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/apple-says-no-one-using-lockdown-mode-has-been-hacked-with-spyware/

#cybersecurity

Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch

The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.

TechCrunch