Taliban, Iran develop surveillance app for Afghans, sources say
Taliban and Iranian officials have collaborated on developing a mobile application capable of monitoring users inside Afghanistan, sources told Afghanistan International.
Sources in Afghanistan said the application was believed to have surveillance capabilities that could expose smartphones and internet-connected devices to monitoring systems linked to the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence.
A London-based cybersecurity expert said suspicious applications could collect sensitive information, including location data, contacts, messages, browsing history and device access permissions.