It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race. WASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message with friends and family, even in a country that has restricted popular messaging services like WhatsApp and Skype. But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times (...)
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