Category: totok

Google pulls alleged UAE spying app ToTok from the Play Store, again

Post author By Randall
Post date February 17, 2020
Categories In Android, gear, Google, google play, google play store, Mobile, play store, Security, spying, spyware, Tech, totok, uae

[ad_1] Google confirmed to TechCrunch that it did remove ToTok from the Play Store, but didn’t say why. The company did, however, make it clear that the app wasn’t pulled due to an outside request from, for example, a government agency. TechCrunch speculates that a policy violation is what caused the app to be removed. […]

Messaging app ToTok is reportedly a spying tool for the UAE

Post author By Randall
Post date December 22, 2019
Categories In Android, breej, breej holding, chat, darkmatter, gear, Internet, ios, Messaging, Mobile, Politics, Privacy, spying, surveillance, Tech, totok, uae, united arab emirates

[ad_1] There appear to have been attempts to cover up ToTok’s roots. It’s officially developed by Breej Holding, but that’s believed to be a front for DarkMatter, a cyberintelligence company run by UAE intelligence officials and former operatives from the NSA and Israeli military intelligence. The software is also linked to Pax AI, a data […]