White House app auto-downloads to government phones, can't be uninstalled
Summary
The article reports that the White House app is automatically downloaded to government work phones and cannot be uninstalled on several agencies’ devices, raising security and privacy concerns. It highlights initial data-sharing concerns, investigations by NOTUS, involvement of the contractor 45Press and a Russia-based widget provider Elfsight, and mixed responses from White House and government officials. The piece captures ongoing tensions between cybersecurity risk management and public sector IT policy.