Trump Mobile has exposed customers' personal data, including home addresses and phone numbers - Engadget

Trump Mobile T1 customer personal data was exposed to the open internet, including phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses, and more. The company said the leak did not include financial information, but the admission came after customers began finding personal information online. The company did not directly notify customers and was considering whether notification was necessary. A spokesperson attributed the exposure to a third-party platform provider supporting certain operations, without naming the provider. The phone’s release dates shifted from August 2025 to October and then again, and shipments may or may not be occurring. The phones were marketed as made in the USA, but later messaging shifted to being designed with American values, including an American flag with 11 stripes instead of 13.

"The company just admitted that it has exposed the personal data of customers to the open internet, according to a report by TechCrunch. This includes phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses and more. A spokesperson for Trump Mobile has stated that the leak did not include financial information, which is good. However, the company only made this admission after actual customers began finding personal information online, so perhaps it's time to change those bank passwords just in case."

"Trump Mobile has admitted to the leak, but hasn't directly informed customers. The company is still mulling whether or not its customers, who each spent at least $500, are worth a simple notification email. Spokesperson Chris Walker blamed the exposure on a third-party platform provider that supports "certain Trump Mobile operations." The provider wasn't named, so who knows if it's even real."

"That leads us to the actual phones. They were supposed to come out in August of 2025, before being delayed to October and then delayed again. The gadgets may or may not be going out to customers this week. The phones were also supposed to be made in the USA, but that was yet another ruse. Nowadays, marketing copy states that the handsets were "designed with American values in mind.""

"To support those tried-and-true American values, the golden smartphone features an American flag on the back. There's just one problem. This particular American flag has just 11 stripes, whereas the real flag has 13 stripes. I guess "American values" don't allow for an extra set of eyeballs on a design document."

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