No, the Journal app on your iPhone isn't a privacy risk

Apple’s  (AAPL)  Journal app officially launched with iOS 17.2 in December 2023, so if you updated your iPhone, you likely saw the app appear on your device's home screen. It’s designed to encourage journaling and is accessible anytime on your iPhone.

You can add a photo link to a workout you tracked, and to help encourage journaling, it will also suggest daily “reflection prompts.” Recently, though, there’s been a bit of a storm on Facebook and TikTok, with users reporting that the app is sharing your name, among other details, with entries.

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In social media posts, folks are calling out the feature “Discoverable by Others,” stating, “It lets anyone near your FULL NAME and EXACTLY where you’re geolocated.” This is false, though, and there really isn’t a reason to worry.

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iPhone updates can sneak in new features that you may not want on your phone. In the latest iPhone update, there is a new feature in settings, under privacy and security, titled Journaling. Once you click on privacy and security, and then journaling, scroll all the way down and tap on journaling suggestions. if the toggle switch is on it allows anyone in close proximity to you to find out your full name and geographic location. If you don’t want anyone to have this information press on the toggle switch and it will turn off. If you learn something from this post Share it with your friends and family, so they too can benefit. Follow me for more tips, tricks and hacks to make your family life and work balance easier. #iphoneonly #iphoneupdate #sneaky #security #iphone #apple #appleupdates #mompreneur #momlife #mompreneursecrets #mom #fyp #tiktok @followers

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