The White House (US) (gov.whitehouse.app): Privacy & Security Findings

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The White House (US)
Public
2026-06-27
90d ago
Silent
Medium
The official White House app ships a German-language version specifically for EU users, but treats those citizens as advertising conversion events, tracking them with the same tools used to measure whether an ad campaign worked. It starts collecting data before consent and routes location and other citizen data through US commercial marketing infrastructure, alongside undocumented microphone access.
Official White House Android app (gov.whitehouse.app) ships a German-language locale pack (split_config.de.apk) - GDPR Art. 3(2) applies to EU users. TwitchFirebaseProvider pre-consent auto-init (initOrder=100). ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID + ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION: citizens treated as advertising conversion events. Firebase Analytics + OneSignal (567 classes incl. full location stack) route citizen data through US commercial infrastructure. Firebase key AIzaSyCSeWRGlA-P4_TVdibML1it4BUiL83lcdI hardcoded. RECORD_AUDIO undocumented. Disclosed to: webmaster@whitehouse.gov + privacy@whitehouse.gov. Two messages sent (27 June, 24 July); delivery permanently failed on both addresses (SMTP timeout, Action: failed, confirmed via Gmail delivery report), no byte confirmed received. Case closed and published 2026-09-25, 90 days after initial disclosure. BCC: DSB.
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