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‘Trump Mobile’ Has Struggled To Ship Any Phones, But Has Already Leaked Subscriber Data
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‘Trump Mobile’ Has Struggled To Ship Any Phones, But Has Already Leaked Subscriber Data

Techdirt·Karl Bode·3 days ago
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from the cheap-crap,-very-on-brand dept The Trump Organization still hasn’t shipped their promised Trump phone to most customers who laid down a $100 deposit a year ago. But rubes patriots who signed up did get something else instead: their private data leaked to the public. According to Techcrunch , the Trump Mobile website openly shared customer emails, addresses, phone numbers, and other sensitive data. Trump Mobile has subsequently confirmed the leak , which they’re blaming on somebody else: “Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers to the open internet…[a spokesperson] said that the exposure was linked to a third-party platform provider that supports “certain Trump Mobile operations.” He did not name the provider.” Whoops. Even calling Trump Mobile an actual company is generous.…

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