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Sunday, February 23, 2014

'Stalking' Angela

I was surfing the net before bedtime and when i went onto 9GAG to see if there's anything new, i saw an image that had over 15000 followers and 2000 comments. The image was about an infamous app called 'Talking Angela'. From the devs of 'Talking Tom' this game is a bit too inappropriate, one way or another. The question is, is this app the front door to a pedophile ring, or is it just plain creepy. It surely is hard to understand why Outfit7 would even be putting this game as suitable for children while the main in-game character can ask you questions such as 'do ypu have friends, what's your name, have you ever been on a date'. It's painfully ridiculous and absurd, but it may be possible that there is someone watching your every move via that front camera right there on your phone/tablet. I downloaded the app yesterday to see what's going on (don't worry, i hid both of my device cameras while using the app). When i first entered, the apo asked me whether i want to turn child mode on. Child mode is a function that keeps the chat box off. Via the chat box, Angela/maybe someone else sends you messages, gramatically correct messages that don't really seem that were written by a dumb human pedobear. I turned child moden on, nothing special happened, then i turned it off and the chaos began. I started to realize why people got so scared. The messages i received (and many other users) were pervy, inappropriate (especially inappropriate for children under the age of 13), but it surely was just a brain farter. I also realized that the bot i was talking to is programmed to answer your questions, talk to you, understand you, give you some sort of a self-confidence boost etc. Pedophiles can't type fast, they're probably not on the other side. It may be, but that is a really, really, really low chance, that they are watching you, but not also typing to you. After just 20-30 minutes, i deleted the app, got bored of it because it sucked anyway. There are also rumours that you can see older guys through Angela's eyes, but i think that is ridiculous and would need a lot more processor power than your tablet/phone has. Would i allow this to my children (if i had any lol)? Nope. Sometimes i just wonder why people create games like these where it's easy to switch between safe and normal mode. This should have been made for adults only. Anyways, you can download the app and nothing will happen to your device, because Google Play/iOS store would have removed it already if it had some sort of malware inside. The stories about police investigating the app and a girl missing because of the app are probably false, the poor girl probably went missing after being followed by a guy. Hope this helps. Laters.

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