Talking Angela App Scare

My daughter has been known to play a certain app on my phone called Talking Angela. This app is a little like talking Tom but with a slight spin on it. I ended up deleting the app because my daughter is two years old and some of the things that talking Angela said were not appropriate for her age at all. Every once in a while I need a “babysitter” and allow her to use my phone but I closely monitor what she is doing and we only allow this sort of “babysitter” when we REALLY need to get something done. Needless to say Talking Angela was a little too……..well…..flirty for what I wanted my daughter to play with.

That being said I deleted the app after her playing around with it two times when I realized the things that were said just were not appropriate for her. What I did find a little scary was what I read on facebook a few months later. I am including a copy of the post below so excuse all the typos and misspelled words.

I cant even in words say what I just found out.. I am SHOCKED and want to tell and let my friends and family be made aware so they can make sure their children are safe!!! Angelica stayed home from school today and thank GOD she did.

Because she was on her ipod playing a game called talking angela, which is similar to talking tom, anyway as she is sitting next to me this interactive cat says to her hi angelica where is your brother? She says o hes right here next to me the cat says o cool, then the cat says so what do you do for fun? Ang says I dont know, (now im being quiet and listening because I think its weird this angela cat knows she has a brother and is talking to her like a person) then its voice changes and in some weird robotic voice it says angelica when u date what do u do on your dates? She looked at me got red in the face and said nothing, then it said stick out your tongue, ill stick mine out too, it said what are some things u can do with your tongue?

I can find many things to do with my tounge it said it said lets intrract w our toungues. I that point I had heard enough I zaid ang shut it off now! I was freaked out called the police departnrnt they came to the house saif they would have the internet investigations unit and pedofile investigations unit look into it, they called me an hour latet and said something is behind that cat!!! They dont know if it is local or over seas. While the police officer was there and ang was talking to him she told the police officer saturday night her cousin and her were on the app w angela and it asked the girls their names what her brothers name was what school they BOTH went to, and it took a picture of angelica!!!

This is under serious investigation right now! When I googled talking angela I cant even begin to tell you what creepy stuff came up! Google it for yourselves please!! But some things are the cat asking girls for their phone numbers! And if theyve had their firat kiss!!! Take this app off your phone please! Theres a big chance thid cpuld be a door for pedofiles.the police said they have seen thing *like* this but never actually through a childs app but that they are not putting it past them! The girls told angela the cat on saturday their names and she had a brother and then on monday morning when angelica turned the app back on,

It remembered her name and that she had a brother!!! These things ARENT supposed to ask you questions!!! and especially not questions about dating toungues or kissing!! I am disgusted! I dont feel safe at all right now! Knowing that there was some creep talking to my daughter and my neice through a talking app!!! Please if you have this app or any like it the police are saying take it off of your phone!!! Copy and share and send out PLEASE! This word needs to spread! I pray the ocean county investigators can crack this thing open!!!!!

Upon reading this on facebook I came to a few conclusions. The first one being the poor lady or gentleman spells worse than I do. The second thing that I noticed was WOW do people share and agree before they even check into anything. CrAZy!!

Wait it gets even more amazing than that….. There was a little girl who was abducted in Missouri  and killed and people are now blaming the talking angela app. COME ON PEOPLE the family lost their daughter. Do you think they need some made up bunch of garbage turning their lives into a freak show. It’s all crap!! False! Not True!! Leave the poor little girl and her family alone.

We all need to keep a few things in mind here.

1) Monitor what your kids are doing and STOP them from doing anything that is not age appropriate! Just because all the “other” kids are doing it does not mean that yours should. If you find something inappropriate then stomp your parental foot down and say NO!

2) Do not believe everything you read on the internet!  I cannot stress this enough. Anyone can go on the internet and make a website. I have stressed this to my family and friends on many occasions. Just because it is on a “official’ looking website does not make what they say true. Get to know the websites you are following before you trust it. There are plenty of great bloggers out there that have a ton of great information but ALWAYS keep in mind that everything you read on the internet does not have to be true and half the time it probably isn’t.

3) Watch out when using your phone as a “babysitter”. There are tons of things on your phone that could lead your child into a world you would never want them to see, even when they are grown up. GEEESH pay attention people.

4) The Talking Angela app scare is a great big hoax! You may want to keep something in mind though just for future reference. When you download an app and you hit that little button giving it permission to…. most of the information on your phone then (are you paying attention) you are giving the app permission to tons of information. Not trying to scare you here but just stating the obvious. The apps don’t do anything that you don’t give them permission to do.

That being said, you can calm down about Talking Angela because it is just a hoax……… or get ready to waste a big bunch of your time reading all the garbage on the internet!

How much of what you read on the internet do you believe just because……well, just because it’s on the internet?