I downloaded an iOS app targeting adults (Feeld).

The names of the “people” it suggests to me are frequently names of people who I know. Somehow, whatever is generating fake profiles is inferring my identity and showing me names of people I know.

Amazingly, it seems to have access to iOS communication because sometimes I’ll imessage with someone I haven’t communicated with in a long time (by any means), and soon enough their name pops up on the other app.

Do you have any insight on how it might work? I’ve wondered if there’s a very common app that many of my contacts would have installed that is able to peek at iMessage.