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1lowlyadmin 6d ago

The Trump Mobile grift keeps getting better. According to this report on Youtube, the Trumpmobile operation is leaking customer info. That must really suck for people who still don't have the phones or phone service they paid for more than a year ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voxXDDq58Bk

trumpmobile is leaking customer info

YouTube

Krypt3ia 6d ago

@briankrebs Yay.

Leaking, or selling as part of the ongoing grift?

lemgandi 6d ago

I keep hearing contradicting reports on this. Last one seemed to say that the often-quoted 5.9 * 10^5 number of pre-orders was sourced from some mutter on some wildly unreliable anonymous account.

https://covetech.net/news/trump-mobile-s-alleged-600-000-preorders-a-closer-look

Shrug. A lie travels 'round the world while the truth is still getting its boots on.

Trump Mobile's Alleged 600,000 Preorders: A Closer Look | CoveTech News

A recent claim that Trump Mobile has secured 600,000 preorders has gone viral, but a closer look reveals a lack of evidence supporting this figure. Major n

@briankrebs
> That must really suck for people who still don't have

IMO no, it’s does not "suck" for them at all. These are people who have been conditioned to cheer the fact that they have been duped as the badge of "true truth-seeker". I mean it is our pov they were scammed. In their "reality" tehy have had the honor of basking in the messiah’s glory just by the act of giving him their money. Could there be anything more beautiful than such a deal?...

robert daniel pickard 6d ago

it so frustrating all the hype about mythos and just clearly from a legal liability matter security and pii just doesn't fucking matter

i think equifax just showed the government wasn't serious about pii and now that the grifters are fully in control its all just up for grabs until its all going to be out in the open and worth zero but still a huge burden to private citzens

DefaultKevin 6d ago

@briankrebs So few leopards, so many delicious faces.

@briankrebs So it's finally here? In addition to the deposit, which may or may not be refundable, the device has a few other problems https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder/

It also appears to have been made in Taiwan. 😆

Trump Mobile Phone Is Finally Released—With a Major Blunder

The phone reportedly comes preloaded with Donald Trump’s Truth Social app.

The Daily Beast

@AAKL @briankrebs

I can only imagine the slopcoded spyware built in.

@angiebaby @briankrebs 😆 I'm just wondering who in his right mind would by something like this? Just saying.

RalfMaximus 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs

Snort.

no brain no pain 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs a device way too expensive designed for those who have too much empty space in their heads will make the orange one richer - but at least, this time only idiots do pay the bills…

The Doctor 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs I'm surprised they shipped anything.

lemgandi 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs

Also cf: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html

I'd post the gift linque but my experience is that it won't work here.

Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.

New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.

The New York Times

Sir David Nielsen 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs so they scammed people into paying $499 for a $130 phone, plus an expensive subscription… and they fucked up the flag.

I don’t know if it is appropriate to laugh at those smocks… it totally is.

@DavidNielsen @briankrebs A rush job?

There's an interesting thread on this from last week https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/comments/1tcyc0w/trump_mobile_phones_shipping_but_theyre/

Algaeman 5d ago

@AAKL @briankrebs Shaped by American innovations in grifting technology

@AAKL @briankrebs Isn’t EVERYTHING that Trump does a Fucking BLUNDER?