Messaging app, accused of espionage, removed from Google Play for a second time - Android

ToTok, an Emirati chat app, was accused of espionage and removed from Google Play and Apple’s App Store back in December. However, Google had reinstated the app in January only to remove it again recently.

Initially, the allegations regarding the messaging app were brought to light by the New York Times, which indicating that the app was actually a spying tool. The New York Times’ digital security expert in the Middle East had said that he was informed by senior Emirati officials that the app was a tool to track its users in the Emirates, as well as in foreign countries. Links between ...