We Intercepted the White House App's Network Traffic. Here's What It Sends.

A MITM proxy analysis of the official White House iOS app reveals significant undisclosed data collection. Using mitmproxy, researchers captured all HTTPS traffic during a normal browsing session and found that 77% of requests go to third-party services. OneSignal receives detailed device fingerprints including IP address, device model, OS version, timezone, session counts, and a persistent tracking identifier on every launch. The app contacts 13 Elfsight-controlled domains and receives 10+ tracking cookies. Google DoubleClick ad tracking infrastructure is also loaded via YouTube embeds. Despite all this, the app's privacy manifest declares 'No Data Collected' with NSPrivacyTracking set to false.