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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[–]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.