Ars Technica1d ago

White House app auto-downloads to government phones, can't be uninstalled

“It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/white-house-app-auto-downloads-to-government-phones-cant-be-uninstalled/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Show threadUltrasonicMadness (he/him)1d ago
@arstechnica I fail to see what the big deal is here - company IT equipment normally has company software on it that is not to be removed. Has the US government only started doing this?
Show threadMarc Etienne
@UltrasonicMadness @arstechnica the big deal is that this seems to be a sloppily written Trojan, an app that appears to have privacy leaks and security holes all over the place and risks sensitive data. And now it's mandatory, thanks to MDM.
Jun 24 at 8:54pmWeb
Show threadUltrasonicMadness (he/him)1d ago
@fnordius @arstechnica This is what happens when I only read the headline. I'm so used to outrageous headlines that this genuinely threw me.