The user is likely not the target of the spying. The white house is likely spying on other branches and agencies within the government.

A lot of government jobs provide you with a phone that is provisioned for closed government networks.

The White House spp is likely being used to spy on those networks.

I use Intel NUCs off eBay for this kind of stuff. A few years ago you could get one for ~$200 on eBay.

Matthew Green the CS/cryptography professor is actively writing about this in fairly broad language https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/03/02/anonymous-credentials-an-illustrated-primer/