'Trump Mobile' Has Struggled To Ship Any Phones, But Has Already Leaked Subscriber Data - Above the Law

Customers who reserved a Trump phone with a $100 deposit a year earlier largely still have not received the promised devices. Customer data associated with the Trump Mobile website was exposed to the open internet, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers. Trump Mobile confirmed the exposure and attributed it to a third-party platform provider supporting certain operations, without naming the provider. The venture is described as a rebrand of Patriot Mobile, which resells T-Mobile service. The “made in America” claims were later removed, and reviewers reported issues with the delivered phones, including differences from promised specifications and branding details, along with indications the hardware is an older Chinese-made Android model.

"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."

"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."

"A cornerstone of the venture was a "made in America" gold "Trump phone" named the T1 that was supposed to launch last August. Though shortly after launch the Trump Organization eliminated all the "made in America" claims. And the actual phone still hasn't arrived in the hands of most customers, despite people paying $100 as early as June last year to reserve one."

"Some of the Chinese-made phones have started showing up with reviewers, and it's not going great. The screen is smaller than promised, the gold is more of a sickly yellow, the American flag is missing two stripes, and the phone, despite promises that it was "made with American values in mind," appears to just be a lazy rebrand of an existing two-year-old Chinese-made Android phone (the 2024 HTC U24 Pro)."

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