Both China, Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have never been characterized as countries where the freedoms that other countries offer are common, since the government is practically behind, especially in relation to technology in recent years, but not exclusively as is the case in the UAE and women.
As we can read in The New York Times, both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store They have withdrawn the ToTok messaging app, a secret surveillance tool used by the UAE government to spy around the world. This application, which has been available for a few years, tracks all user actions, whether they are residents of the US or outside of it.
ToTok has been downloaded throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America (United States and Canada) and has recently been downloaded in one of the most downloaded social applications in the United States. According to The New York Times, the government of the United Arab Emirates knows "every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image" of all users who use the application.
ToTok is a tool designed for mass surveillance, according to the technical analysis carried out by this medium. It works in much the same way as other applications available in both the App Store and the Play Store that track both the location and contacts of users.
Behind the development of this application is Breej Holding According to The New York Times, it is most likely a facade since is associated with DarkMatter, an Abu Dhabi-based cyber intelligence hacking company made up of intelligence officials from the United Arab Emirates, former employees of the National Security Agency (NSA) and former Israeli military intelligence officers (MOSAF).
Users who downloaded the app they can continue using it without any problem until they erase it from your device, since both Google and Apple cannot erase it remotely from their servers, although if they really want to, they can prevent it from continuing to work.
