July 25, 2024 at 2:28 pm

This Woman Is Warning People About Using The iPhone Journal App. – ‘It makes you discoverable by people around you.’

by Matthew Gilligan

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Have you heard about the Journal app on iPhone?

I honestly haven’t, but apparently it’s pretty popular with iPhone users.

But one TikTokker named Kelly took to the social media platform to warn folks about the app.

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Kelly said, “You know how Apple put on our iPhones recently the Journaling app? It’s obviously geared towards women, and at first, I was like, ‘Great. Cool. I love this.’”

After she did some more investigating, she became worried about a feature of the app.

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Kelly told viewers, “Apparently, it makes you discoverable by people around you. That to me feels like such a security risk and a safety risk as a woman, to just, like, have this automatically be put on my phone in the settings.”

Kelly then showed viewers how to turn the feature off that makes them discoverable.

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Here’s what she had to say.

@kellysites

Can someone who knows more about online security tell me what this setting means? #iphonetricks #iphonesettings #womensafety

♬ original sound – kelly sites 💛🍉

And this is what TikTokkers had to say.

This person spoke up.

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Another viewer didn’t hold back.

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

And this TikTok user said what a lot of us are thinking…

Source: TikTok/@kellysites

Be careful out there!

You never know who’s watching…

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