Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 23, 2019 12:53:40 GMT -5
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool.WASHINGTON — 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 U.S. officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation into the app and its developers. It is 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 on their phones. ToTok, introduced only months ago, was downloaded millions of times from the Apple and Google app stores by users throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. While the majority of its users are in the Emirates, ToTok surged to become one of the most downloaded social apps in the U.S. last week, according to app rankings and App Annie, a research firm. Complete article here: It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool.
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 23, 2019 13:33:24 GMT -5
Everything is a spying tool. You're kidding yourself if you think they're not gathering data from everything from Fitbits to Facebook to Alexa.
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billisonboard
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 23, 2019 13:40:27 GMT -5
Everything is a spying tool. You're kidding yourself if you think they're not gathering data from everything from Fitbits to Facebook to Alexa. Alexa just told me that weltschmerz is wrong and to not listen to such nonsense.
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djAdvocate
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 23, 2019 16:04:57 GMT -5
proboards is a spy tool.
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Artemis Windsong
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Dec 23, 2019 19:01:24 GMT -5
I feel so stalked.
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