I just received two strange notifications from TikTok on my iPhone, even though I don't have notifications turned on for the app. The notifications said:
"You may like"
"The request was denied by service. The request to open 'com.zhiliaoapp.musically' failed."
I'm really confused and a bit scared that I might be getting hacked or something. When I clicked on them, nothing happened and they just disappeared. Can anyone explain what this means? Is it something I should worry about or is it normal?
2 Answers
"com.zhiliaoapp.musically" is just the internal name for TikTok, which was originally called musical.ly. It’s nothing to freak out about! Your phone just might have had a hiccup trying to open TikTok, especially if you clicked on a link from somewhere else. No need to worry!
I really doubt you're hacked. Remember, a phone doesn't get hacked the same way a computer might. The "com...musically" thing is just an app identifier; it doesn’t mean anything bad. It's odd that you're getting notifications since you don't have TikTok notifications on, but you should be fine!
I do have TikTok, but I still don’t get notifications and this notification felt super weird!