The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has warned against downloading caller identification software.

She asked mobile subscribers to be very cautious when downloading these programs, noting that there are many negative aspects must be aware of the subscribers before downloading and using these applications.

She explained the organization of communications in an awareness leaflet and directed through its pages on social networking that the mere use of this application gives full authority to take the data of all contacts on the subscriber's phone warning that the sharing of information about the contacts may expose them to exploitation in one way or another.