Egypt Accused of Using ‘Cartoon Super-Villain of an App’ to Spy on COP27 Attendees
Participants rest in common outdoor scape as the COP27 climate summit opened at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center in Egypt on November 6, 2022. (Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty
"It's sad but expected from Egypt," said one human rights campaigner.
JON QUEALLY
Climate campaigners and digital privacy advocates expressed alarm Sunday over revelations that the official app being used at the COP27 could be exploited by the Egyptian government hosting the global climate summit to spy on those using it, including domestic dissidents and outside critics of the regime's brutal human rights record.
As the Guardian reports:
The official COP27 app, which has already been downloaded more than 5,000 times, requires sweeping permi...










