First released on July 27, ToTok spiked in popularity in the UAE in August and then spread to other Middle Eastern countries and the rest of the world from there. The app had scores of positive ...

According to a new report by The New York Times, popular messaging app ToTok, is actually a powerful surveillance tool used by the United Arab Emirates to spy on and track every conversation ...

Apple has removed ToTok from the App Store after a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation said that the app was a spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates. The chat ...

First off, it’s “ToTok,” not “TikTok.” One is a messaging app that turned out to be spyware for the United Arab Emirates; the other is that quirky vid ...

ToTok claims it's still available on Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo's app stores, and says that Android users can install it directly from their website. We'd advise against it, though.

ToTok’s popularity extended beyond the Emirates. According to recent Google Play rankings, it was among the top 50 free apps in Saudi Arabia, Britain, India, Sweden and other countries.

Update: January 6, 2020 at 5:43 p.m. ET: Google just quietly reinstated the popular chat app ToTok back into the Play Store after it was removed following accusations that the app was a spy tool ...

U.S. officials also believe that ToTok’s developer, Breej Holding Ltd., is actually a shell company for Abu Dhabi-based intelligence firm DarkMatter, which works with the UAE government.

ToTok partly used code from a previously developed Chinese app called Yeecall, where his co-founder, Long Ruan, once worked in a senior position, he said. Ziani said he met Long through G42, which ...

Apple and Google both banned ToTok after reports that it was a UAE government surveillance tool. After Google reinstated it, Apple has a hard choice to make.

According to a classified intelligence report, the UAE uses ToTok to follow users' conversations, track locations (under the guise of weather), determine social connections and look at media.