⚠️ #ToTok app is likely a Surveillance app, developed and used by the government of UAE 🇦🇪 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. ToTok launched earlier this year and has been downloaded by millions in the UAE, a nation where Western messaging apps like WhatsApp and Skype are partially blocked. It promised “fast, free, and secure” messages and calls, and attracted users across the Middle East and beyond, even becoming one of the most downloaded social apps in the US last week. The Times reports that the company that runs ToTok, Breej Holding, is most likely a front for Abu Dhabi-based cybersecurity firm DarkMatter. The app is also connected to UAE data-mining firm Pax AI, which shares offices with the Emirates’ signals intelligence agency. Breej Holding, DarkMatter, and the UAE government have yet to comment on the Times report, but both Google and Apple have removed ToTok from the Play Store and App Store. But, citing classified briefings from US intelligence officials and its own analysis, the NYT reports that ToTok is really a way for the UAE government to spy directly on its people. Citizens who used the app were sharing messages, pictures and videos, and even their location (supposedly being tracked to provide weather updates) with Emirati intelligence. . . . . #technews #technewsupdates #technews24h #TechNews24Hcom #TechNewsIndia #technewsisawesome #technewss24h #technewsupdate#cyberattack #cybercrime #chooseparagon #cyberworld #cybersecuritynews #corporatesecurity #tampabasedbusiness #cybersecurity #womanownedbiz #smallbusinesstampa #veteranownedbusiness #securityawareness #gdprcompliance #techstartups #techwomen #techmanagement #tampasmallbusiness #floridatech #gdpr #malware #edgebasetech https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gRoyiAxRP/?igshid=1a6t5p9vf31yb
