Trump Admin's App Sparks Privacy Concerns
App is part of Trump admin's effort to create state media as alternative to 'fake news' mainstream media.
Privacy researchers found mechanisms logging user location.
Cybersecurity experts called the app's approach 'slipshod' and dangerous.
App uses components from a Russia-founded company.
Philip Fields, a cybersecurity researcher and former FBI analyst, said app shares IP and time zones with third-party services.
White House denied collecting user locations or using Huawei software, but latest version has blank privacy disclosures.
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