ToTok Is an Emirati Spying Tool
The smartphone messaging app ToTok is actually an Emirati spying tool:
But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation into the app and its developers. It is used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to try to track every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image of those who install it on their phones.
ToTok, introduced only months ago, was downloaded millions of times from the Apple and Google app stores by users throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. While the majority of its users are in the Emirates, ToTok surged to become one of the most downloaded social apps in the United States last week, according to app rankings and App Annie, a research firm.
Apple and Google have removed it from their app stores. If you have it on your phone, delete it now.
Electron 007 • December 24, 2019 2:37 PM
Nice. The Piston Annies Motorcycle Club ladies carry cell phones. Those girls really know how to curry favor with the cops, don’t they? Oh, she’s pressing charges? I didn’t know that. You mean you aren’t in jail yet? How can that be? There’s a warrant out. No, wait a second, that’s not a warrant. When was your court appearance supposed to be? Oh, no, that was for something else. Hold on a second. Do not leave. The boss just said we’ve got to put you in handcuffs. That’s all I know. Well, you’re free to go now. Next time it’ll be a felony. You’re going to need an attorney.
ToTok may well be a piece of dastardly malicious spyware, but so are Facefokk, Twatter, Instaglam and all the others.