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Why did iPhone beep and say “Scanning your Device”?

I was in an app, NYT games, and my iPhone beeped twice. When I went to the notifications page to see why it said “scanning your device”. Anyone know what’s going on?

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Posted on Nov 17, 2023 2:38 PM

Me too (3163) Me too Me too (3163) Me too Reply
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Posted on Dec 1, 2023 8:01 PM

The same thing happened to me tonight. I was reading an article when I got 2 beeps and “scanning” message. How do we find out what this is? It doesn’t feel safe to use my iPhone until I get more information.

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