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- ToTok, an Emirati messaging app, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html 140 comments
- ToTok Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html 2 comments
- It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool. - ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html 4 comments worldnews
- ToTok, an increasingly popular chat app, turns out to be a spying tool for the Emirati government. Map contacts, location, etc it users. “Unclear whether ToTok allows the Emiratis to record video or audio calls of its users.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html#click=https://t.co/Ye72redJ1a 4 comments privacy
- ToTok, a popular Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is actually a spying tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to try to track every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image of those who install it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html?searchresultposition=1 2639 comments worldnews
- It Seemed Like a Popular App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html 9 comments technology
Linking pages
- How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/ 2467 comments
- How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?itid=hp_hp-top-table-main_crypto-730am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans 463 comments
- Apple Pulls Emirati Chat App 'ToTok' From App Store for Allegedly Spying on Users - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2019/12/23/apple-pulls-chat-app-totok-secret-spying-tool/ 255 comments
- Opinion | Be Paranoid About Privacy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/opinion/location-privacy.html 164 comments
- Running in Circles: Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/running-in-circles-uncovering-the-clients-of-cyberespionage-firm-circles/ 65 comments
- Uninstall ToTok, an Alleged Emirati Spy App, From Your Phone Now | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/totok-alleged-emirati-spy-app/ 36 comments
- Opinion | An alarming report about Americans’ location data shows why we need a comprehensive privacy framework - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-private-data-isnt-actually-private-congress-can-do-something-about-that/2019/12/27/373c4964-2807-11ea-ad73-2fd294520e97_story.html 29 comments
- Google and Apple remove alleged UAE spy app ToTok - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50890846 14 comments
- Forensic Investigation: The Shocking State Of Privacy In Safety Apps | Parachute Blog | Parachute: Protecting The World https://parachute.live/blog/forensic-investigation-the-shocking-state-of-privacy-in-safety-apps 13 comments
- Warnings Emerge Over Emirati A.I. Firm G42’s Ties to China - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/us/politics/ai-us-uae-china-security-g42.html 11 comments
- ToTok Claims There’s No ‘Legitimate Reason’ For App’s Ban; Asks Users To Ignore Google’s Warning - Tech https://in.mashable.com/tech/11654/totok-claims-theres-no-legitimate-reason-for-apps-ban-asks-users-to-ignore-googles-warning 7 comments
- The Internet’s Most Censored Space - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/technology/the-internets-most-censored-space.html?partner=ifttt 7 comments
- How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?amp%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=newsletter&%3Bwpisrc=nl_most 5 comments
- Popular messaging app ToTok reportedly an Emirati spy tool - CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/popular-messaging-app-totok-reportedly-an-emirati-spy-tool/?amp%3Bftag=cos-05-10aaa0a&%3Bposttype=link&%3Bservicetype=facebook_page&%3Bthetime=2019-12-22t22%3A15%3A08&uniqueid=83c86e2c-2508-11ea-be10-2c1f3a982c1e 4 comments
- How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?itid=pm_pop 4 comments
- Popular chat app ToTok is actually a spying tool of UAE government – report | Surveillance | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/23/totok-popular-chat-app-spying-tool-uae-government 3 comments
- How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?itid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news 3 comments
- A.I. Giant Tied to China Under Scrutiny - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/us/politics/ai-china-uae-g42.html 1 comment
- Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/technology/microsoft-g42-uae-ai.html 1 comment
- Google removes alleged spying app ToTok from the Play Store for a second time - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/14/21138522/google-removes-totok-play-store-spying-app-uae 0 comments
Linked pages
- Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html 235 comments
- Governments Turn to Commercial Spyware to Intimidate Dissidents - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/30/technology/governments-turn-to-commercial-spyware-to-intimidate-dissidents.html?smid=re-share 93 comments
- Exclusive: Ex-NSA cyberspies reveal how they helped hack foes of UAE https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-spying-raven/ 90 comments
- Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/politics/nsa-phone-records-program-shut-down.html 88 comments
- Objective-See's Blog https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x52.html 73 comments
- A New Age of Warfare: How Internet Mercenaries Do Battle for Authoritarian Governments - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/us/politics/government-hackers-nso-darkmatter.html 60 comments
- ZERODIUM - How to Sell Your Zero-Day (0day) Exploit to ZERODIUM https://zerodium.com/program.html#changelog 4 comments
- Opinion | The Privacy Project - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 4 comments
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