What Is The Motive Of The Tek Fog App?
After various tweets in April 2020, an anonymous account @Arthisharma08 claiming to be a dissatisfied employee of the Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) IT Cell disclosed the existence of a highly sophisticated and secret app called Tek Fog. They also disclosed that this app is used by political members associated with the BJP to create a hype of the party, bully their critics and opposers, and manipulate the audience across various social media platforms.
It is believed that the Tek Fog app was capable of bypassing reCAPTCHA codes, thus allowing employees to upload hashtag trends and capture the attention of their target audience. A source claimed that their motive and the daily objective was to hijack Twitter’s trending section with targeted hashtags. It also had leads on how to harass their critics and opposers, especially journalists online.
The Tek Fog app is used for hijacking trends sections on social media platforms and phishing inactive WhatsApp accounts. It hijacks the trends section on Twitter and Facebook.
What Should Concern You About The App?
This app is a clear violation of your fundamental right to your privacy. It is targeted to make political campaigns appear more popular than they are. It is used to indulge in phishing of inactive WhatsApp accounts.
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App operators can hijack inactive WhatsApp accounts of private citizens and use their contact numbers to message their most frequently contacted or all contacts and use their connections. The app also stores the private information of citizens and uses it against harassment.
Who Leads The Secret App?
The Wire claimed that the BJP party uses Tek Fog led by its leader, Devan Dave. Even though he denies the allegations in an email to Wire, they still continue to publish and bring the truth to light. However, before publishing the story, The Wire had contacted Devang Dave for his opinion which he refused to admit. He also added that BJP does not seek to use such apps to gain publicity and manipulate people.
The Bottom Line
This is all you need to know about the Tek Fog, the secret app used by the BJP to manipulate domestic audiences, and the cons and threats it poses to the safety of the citizens. This app typically is used to hijack social media platforms and create artificial hype.
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