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 video app that people use to lipsync ...

A popular messaging app known as ToTok has been accused of being a secret spying tool linked to the United Arab Emirates.

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 ...

The co-founder of a popular chat app accused of being a spy tool for the United Arab Emirates government denied the claims and asked Apple and Google to reinstate the app in a video posted on ...

ToTok, a chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates, is actually a spying tool used by the government.

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.

The government uses ToTok to track conversations, locations, images and other data of those who install the app on their phones, The New York Times reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with a ...