Social messaging app ToTok outed as a spying tool for the UAE government

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The ToTok app enables intelligence agencies to track users' locations, follow conversations, and access the media present on their devices

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 mil...

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