Social messaging app ToTok outed as a spying tool for the UAE government
The ToTok app enables intelligence agencies to track users' locations, follow conversations, and access the media present on their devices
ToTok appeared shortly after all other secure messaging apps were banned by the UAE government
A social messaging app, called ToTok, which became popular in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after rival messaging apps were banned has been outed as a likely spying tool. ToTok is also used by millions...
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