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I decompiled the White House's new app

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Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by nebulous2026 »

AbstractH24 wrote: post #253
iAMkenough wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ.

> Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ. How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out? While I don't like the current one and certainly agree that some of its actions are totally unethical, once it's over can we just move on and look forward, not back?

The only possible way this country has a future is if crime is actually punished. If the members of this current administration who committed criminal acts do not actually suffer the consequences then what is to stop the next one?

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Post by ceejayoz »

NewJazz wrote: post #257
AbstractH24 wrote: post #256

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How do we move forward?

Prosecuting criminals.

That'll only work here if there are reforms to the pardon power while we're at it. Any convictions a Democratic administration manages to obtain will be pardoned the next time a Republican gets in.

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Post by windexh8er »

rerdavies wrote: post #206
windexh8er wrote: post #169

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Apparently just like OP, you didn't read the article either. Just because the app doesn't ask for permission in the manifest doesn't mean it can't be acquired at runtime. It's very publicly documented [0]. So, no. Not a "hallucination". [0] https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/en/location-opt-in-...

This is incorrect. On Android, you must do BOTH to actually get location APIs to work.

Well, I will argue that you are incorrect and do one better and ask why a Huawei SDK [0] is embedded in the app beyond the location tracking?

[0] https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spywa...

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Post by crumpled »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #228
crumpled wrote: post #166

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If you use Aurora Store instead of the Play store, you can download APKs. They are a Google Play store proxy.

I have many apps that refuse to work. They try to open play store app which does not have logged in account. The app doesn't work

The aurora store will identify whether apps require google play services before you try to install them.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by ImJamal »

pseudohadamard wrote: post #136
SoftTalker wrote: post #11

Looks like what you might expect in a standard marketing app from a consultancy. They probably hired someone to develop it, that shop used their standard app architecure which includes location tracking code and the other stuff.

"Visit TrumpRx.gov" Holy crap, the grift never ends! Is he even allowed to do that, use a .gov address to peddle dodgy meds?

What do you mean by dodgy meds? These are just the normal meds you can get at any pharmacy. They also aren't even peddling them. They just link to pharmacies or provide discount codes.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by ImJamal »

iAMkenough wrote: post #142
pseudohadamard wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Visit TrumpRx.gov" Holy crap, the grift never ends! Is he even allowed to do that, use a .gov address to peddle dodgy meds?

Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ.

Has the Hatch Act ever been enforced? Every administration in the last 20+ years have had people violate it but as far as I can tell nobody has been found guilty.

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Post by Jedd »

AbstractH24 wrote: post #256
Jedd wrote: post #255

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This sounds like something criminals would say / want.

How do we move forward?

"Justice must be seen to be done."

Without consequences for illegal behaviour, there's no incentive for bad actors to not continue acting bad. This, in no small part, explains why we are where we are today - a misplaced attempt to 'move forward' by ignoring illegal actions.

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