Popular chat app ToTok is reportedly secret United Arab Emirates spying tool

A report from The New York Times has revealed that messaging app ToTok, popular in the United Arab Emirates, is in fact a government spy tool, created for the benefit of UAE intelligence officials and used to track citizens’ conversations and movements.
from https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/23/21034860/totok-chat-app-secret-spying-tool-surveillance-united-arab-emirates-uae
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