- May 16, 2013
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ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.
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But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American 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.