Apple’s turns on ‘creepy-sounding setting’ by default — that you may want to keep hidden
NY Post
Apple’s latest iPhone software update toggled on a “creepy-sounding setting” — and users are urging others to turn it off.
The default setting, dubbed “Discoverable by Others,” is leading iPhone users to think their name and location are being shared without their consent.
However, that isn’t the case, The Wall Street Journal reported.
As a part of iOS 17.2’s release on Dec. 11, 2023, Apple launched the Journal app, which it advertises as a personal journaling software “designed to help users remember and write about a moment — like new places they’ve visited, photos they’ve taken, songs they’ve played, workouts they’ve completed, and more.”
Along with the new app is a new Journaling Suggestions API, or application programming interface, which recommends topics to write about based off of things your phone knows about you.
Though the Journal app prompts users to toggle this feature on or off at their discretion when first opening the app — suggestions Apple insists aren’t ever shared with the company — users have been finding that even when they select “no,” the feature is turned on anyways, The Journal earlier reported.
