I Spy? COP27 delegates wary of Egyptian surveillance app

Rights group and cybersecurity experts say Egypt’s COP27 app spies on users. — Reuters

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: It can show you a bus route or update you on weather – but tech experts and rights groups say Egypt’s mobile app for COP27 has a far more sinister side as it can spy on delegates and track their talk, texts and emails.

“It is a spying tool,” said Frans Imbert-Vier, head of UBCOM, a Swiss-based cybersecurity company that performed a technical analysis of the app.