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While armchair developers and infosec experts have questioned some of the app’s technical design choices, a former FBI intelligence analyst uncovered an unusual fact: The small business owner behind the White House app has a side hobby as a conspiracy theorist.

Cyrus Farivar@cfarivar.bsky.social

I swear this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. (My latest for @arstechnica.com!) arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

arstechnica.comDid Nazis escape on a UFO? Dev who asked the question just built the official White House app.Did you know that Ohio is a hotbed of UFO activity?

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Philip Fields

@hax4libre.com

1 Apr

Hi! "Former FBI intelligence analyst" here. When you finish reading ^that^, check out my original blog post about how I found the guy vibe coding White House adware. hax4libre.com/jokers-wild/

hax4libre.comNo Kings: Jokers Wild!The guy vibe coding White House adware accused of pinging Trump donors' location every four minutes has a whole persona dedicated to wild conspiracies.

Philip Fields

@hax4libre.com

1 Apr

SPOILER: It wasn't that hard. If I can do it with a Google search, America's adversaries did it long ago.