<s>
Talking	B-Protocol
Angela	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
app	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Slovenian	O
studio	O
Outfit7	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Tom	I-Application
&	I-Application
Friends	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
and	O
January	O
2012	O
for	O
iPhone	O
,	O
iPod	O
and	O
iPad	O
,	O
January	O
2013	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
January	O
2014	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
's	O
successor	O
,	O
the	O
My	O
Talking	B-Protocol
Angela	I-Protocol
app	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
Talking	B-Protocol
Angela	I-Protocol
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
an	O
Internet	O
hoax	O
claiming	O
that	O
it	O
encourages	O
children	O
to	O
disclose	O
personal	O
information	O
about	O
themselves	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
ostensibly	O
then	O
used	O
by	O
paedophiles	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
these	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rumor	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
widely	O
circulated	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
various	O
websites	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
dedicated	O
to	O
parenting	O
,	O
claims	O
that	O
Angela	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
asks	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
user	O
for	O
private	O
personal	O
information	O
using	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
text-chat	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
rumor	O
even	O
attribute	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
a	O
child	O
to	O
the	O
app	B-Application
,	O
or	O
claim	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
paedophile	O
ring	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
go	O
so	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
even	O
claim	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
recorded	O
by	O
the	O
camera	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
Angela	O
's	O
eyes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
impossible	O
for	O
a	O
person	O
to	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
what	O
Angela	O
says	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
app	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
chat	B-Protocol
bot	I-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
hoax	O
was	O
revived	O
again	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
prompting	O
online	O
security	O
company	O
Sophos	O
and	O
The	O
Guardian	O
to	O
debunk	O
it	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sophos	O
employee	O
Paul	O
Ducklin	O
wrote	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
blog	O
that	O
the	O
message	O
being	O
posted	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
promoting	O
the	O
hoax	O
was	O
"	O
close	O
to	O
600	O
rambling	O
,	O
repetitious	O
words	O
,	O
despite	O
claiming	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
n’t	O
have	O
words	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
situation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Wilcox	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
programmers	O
,	O
has	O
attributed	O
the	O
hoax	O
's	O
popularity	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
chatbot	B-Protocol
program	O
in	O
Talking	B-Protocol
Angela	I-Protocol
is	O
so	O
realistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scare	O
has	O
significantly	O
boosted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
popularity	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
helping	O
the	O
app	B-Application
make	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
free	O
iPhone	B-Application
apps	I-Application
soon	O
after	O
the	O
hoax	O
became	O
widely	O
known	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
and	O
3rd	O
most	O
popular	O
for	O
all	O
iPhone	B-Application
apps	I-Application
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
chat	O
feature	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
