Sometimes there is just an empty room, but sometimes you can see a creepy guy watching you. They say the creepy man is able to take photos and record video of you through the phone’s camera and if you zoom in and look carefully at the cat’s eyes, you can actually see him. It is said that if you say you’re over 18, nothing happens, but if you’re younger, the cat starts asking weird things, like where do you live, what are your parents’ names, what is your phone number… etc. He has managed to hack into the app and uses it to gain access to personal information on people’s phones. It said the app had been taken over by a creepy guy who uses it to spy on children and possibly kidnap them. Recently, an e-mail began to circulate warning people not to use Talking Angela.
Angela is a white cat with blue eyes who has a conversation with you and can answer any questions you ask. Talking Angela started as a mobile phone application used by a lot of children. Leonie Presents Cyber Safety Talks for schools, business, and community groups.Talking Angela Eyes is a urban legend about a mobile phone app that allegedly made hackers to interact with kids and take pictures of them. There are many “Talking” game apps like this. More information about the security of Talking Angela from the developers Outfit7 Here: The 2 is for nice graphics and fun ability to imitate the users voice or sounds. I guess it’s more exiting to have a conspiracy. It’s sad that many social media apps meant for adults like Kik Messenger where kids ARE actually getting contacted by adult strangers and drawn into sexual conversations and being sent and asked for nude photos and yes there is actual evidence, are not being deleted by parents. If anything positive does come out of this, it would be that parents will pay a little more attention to what apps their kids are using. Well respected blog Mashable have also spoken to the developer about the accusations which have now propelled this app to the top of the iTunes store! There’s a rumour about a man’s reflection in the eye but I think it’s simply an optical illusion brought on by an overly active imagination.īelow is a video I did showing you how Talking Angela works and showing you what some of the rumours are warning of. Snopes and Naked Security also have a post on this disputing that any of the claims are true. Is Talking Angela Safe For Kids? On first look it seems so, certainly haven’t yet seen any evidence that confirms the rumours going around. unless that’s what you are after of course… Angela the cat is quite precocious though and a little bit too sexy looking…. Such a pity that this app is so heavily monitized, because it is quite cute. I tried to annoy the cat, and to get the cat into a conversation that might be seems as provocative, and it actually brushed me off! For kids they should definitely use a made up pseudo name.
But you had better watch what you say on the app. The developers assure users that they don’t keep data associated with location but use a child’s age, name to make the app work better. In the few hours that I had the app open it didn’t ask me any questions that were impertinent or really invasive. There is a “child mode” switch on the app, which prevents the text chat ability, but there is nothing to stop a child from turning it back onto adult mode. Yes you can turn off the advertising …for a price, but it will still prompt you to spend money for game coins, or watch advertisements. I wouldn’t recommend this app to any kids or parents as it, like so many apps on the online game stores, are so heavily slanted towards monitization that it comes across as mercenary. The only danger I can really see after a few hours with it on, is danger from marketing overload! After reading all the stories about the game app called “Talking Angela” rated 4+ available on iTunes and Google+ and being linked to pedophiles I decided to take a look at it.
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