ToTok, a popular Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is actually a spying tool 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.

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[–]gretathroatborg2 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

buy the librem 5 from purism. it's the only smartphone with open source code all the way down, hardware kill switches for mic/cam/sensors

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/one-of-the-most-popular-chat-apps-in-the-us-is-actually-a-foreign-spy-tool

[–]m68k 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Aren't all free apps filled with spyware?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Basically. It's why I think apps are dumb when you can just go to the website in your phone browser, without compromising your phone's security

[–]m68k 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

^ Exactly.