Apple removes chat app ToTok from App Store over concerns it's a spy toolWhat you need to know
ToTok is a popular chat app.
It's been removed from the App Store by Apple.
There are concerns that it is a spy tool used by the UAE.
The app has become popular across the United States.
Apple has removed the popular ToTok chat app from the App Store after a New York Times (via 9to5Mac) report said that the app was used by the United Arab Emirates as a spy tool. A classified intelligence assessment also raised concerns.
ToTok might not be a household name yet but lat week it was able to become one of the most downloaded social apps in the United States. However, it has been revealed that it was phoning home to the UAE government. With sensitive data also shared.
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 familiar with a...
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Apple removes chat app ToTok from App Store over concerns it's a spy tool
