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  • It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.

    12/22/2019 9:05:45 PM PST · by ransomnote · 15 replies
    December 22, 2019 | Mark Mazzetti, Nicole Perlroth and Ronen Bergman
    ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race. IMAGE: The Aldar Building in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the Emirates’ signals intelligence agency and Pax AI, a data mining firm linked to ToTok, have their offices.  Photo Credit...Ben Job/ReutersWASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message with friends and family, even in a country that has restricted popular messaging services like WhatsApp and Skype.But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials...