Egypt Accused of Using 'Cartoon Super-Villain of an App' to Spy on COP27 Attendees

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'It's sad but expected from Egypt,' said one human rights campaigner.

of people accused of being protesters in the lead-up to COP27 and sought to vet and isolate any activists near the talks, which will see governments attempting to hammer out an agreement over dealing with the climate crisis.the platform"is a cartoon super-villain of an app."

Canadian author and climate activist Naomi Klein tweeted Sunday that,"If you are at #COP27 and have downloaded the official app, you need to assume your phone has been compromised and deleting the app won't close the backdoor." Baoumi said the app"is really part of the wider surveillance structure in Egypt," which should not be surprising.

On Sunday, Amnesty condemned the Egyptian for arrested hundreds of people in the weeks leading up to COP27 based on concerns these individuals were planning or calling for demonstrations to take place during the summit.

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