{"id":20413,"date":"2019-12-28T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T08:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=20413"},"modified":"2019-12-28T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T09:01:06","slug":"totok-co-founders-release-a-video-addressing-apple-and-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/totok-co-founders-release-a-video-addressing-apple-and-google\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: ToTok Co-Founder Releases A Video Requesting Apple and Google To Reinstate The App Back On The Two Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ToTok has been the tok of the town, with the many controversies surrounding the free-call service, the founders of the app have finally come on social media to address the public and put all rumours to rest for once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>Following the allegations that <a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?s=totok&amp;is_v=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ToTok<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is a spying tool that&#8217;s misusing and mishandling user data the co-founder of the app, Giac took to Twitter to address\u00a0Apple and Google in a video &#8211; requesting the two tech giants to re-instate the app on the\u00a0digital distribution platforms.<\/p>\n<p>In the short video, Giac also ensured that the\u00a0user privacy and data protection is a top priority for the developers and that they are an independent set of entrepreneurs with no connection to governments of\u00a0the UAE, US or China.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<h2>The video was posted late evening on Friday, December 28, garnering more 28k views in less than 24 hours<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Message to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Google<\/a> from our Co-Founder.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tim_cook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sundarpichai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sundarpichai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/totok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#totok<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#apple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/google?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#google<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/soWwMJxgj9\">pic.twitter.com\/soWwMJxgj9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ToTok (@ToTokMessenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToTokMessenger\/status\/1210610002798530561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The co-founder mentioned that the backlash the app got through the recent rumours was severely impacting their start-up business and putting their &#8216;efforts at risk&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>Giac also invited the two tech giants to come down to their office and meet them in person to discuss any further inquiries that they might have regarding the free-calling service<\/h2>\n<p>In a previous written statement by the co-founders it was mentioned that an analysis carried out by\u00a0a former NSA employee has concluded that ToTok &#8216;simply does what it claims to do, and really nothing more&#8230; no exploits, no backdoors, and no malware&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>The UAE law strictly prohibits espionage and have denied any and all association with ToTok and put to rest the rumours of the government using the app as a skying tool<\/h2>\n<p>UAE peeps love the calling app and a number of the users have continuously shown their support to ToTok throughout the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratiPatriot\/status\/1210778350010036227<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ToTok has been the tok of the town, with the many controversies surrounding the free-call service, the founders of the app have finally come on social media to address the public and put all rumours to rest for once and for all. 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ToTok (@ToTokMessenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToTokMessenger\/status\/1210610002798530561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>The co-founder mentioned that the backlash the app got through the recent rumours was severely impacting their start-up business and putting their &#8216;efforts at risk&#8217;<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image_block","image":{"ID":20415,"id":20415,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-28 at 12.35.56 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM.png","filesize":0,"url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/totok-co-founders-release-a-video-addressing-apple-and-google\/attachment\/screen-shot-2019-12-28-at-12-35-56-pm\/","alt":"","author":"1822","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2019-12-28-at-12-35-56-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":20413,"date":"2019-12-28 08:36:50","modified":"2019-12-28 08:36:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1068,"height":703,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM-300x197.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":197,"medium_large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM-768x506.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":506,"large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM-1024x674.png","large-width":900,"large-height":592,"1536x1536":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM.png","1536x1536-width":1068,"1536x1536-height":703,"2048x2048":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM.png","2048x2048-width":1068,"2048x2048-height":703,"small":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM-230x151.png","small-width":120,"small-height":79,"custom-size":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-28-at-12.35.56-PM.png","custom-size-width":304,"custom-size-height":200}},"image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Giac also invited the two tech giants to come down to their office and meet them in person to discuss any further inquiries that they might have regarding the free-calling service<\/h2>\n<p>In a previous written statement by the co-founders it was mentioned that an analysis carried out by\u00a0a former NSA employee has concluded that ToTok &#8216;simply does what it claims to do, and really nothing more&#8230; 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