Did you guys get a jarring message on your phone? - eviltoast
  • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s an emergency alert. So of course cannot be disabled, it would be stupid if it could be disabled it would completely miss the point.

    EDIT: It seems like at least on the UK can be disabled so maybe other places too…to me it defeats the main purpose but whatever…

    I mean I guess it makes sense in some situations for secondary phones or similar but then there risk of not receiving the alert, of course you could aswell be without a phone and nobody nearby and also don’t get the alert.

    Idk… like it’s not a common thing that happens so that the secondary phone or similar sounds it’s not that terrible, that said there are some exceptions shown in the comments about abusive relations so I could see that being an issue.

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        1 year ago

        Interesting 🤔 yeah I saw instructions online. Idk to me it defeats the main pourpose of alerting everybody no matter.

        That said reading comments there are some examples of people having second phones hidden that could be a problem.

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          1 year ago

          I think it should always be optional. We don’t have to have our TVs on 25/7. I’m certainly no tinfoil hat wearer but I don’t think the government should have access to our private spaces at all times unless we consent to it.

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            1 year ago

            I mean is a one direction alert, that it’s intended to be only used on extreme/severe cases like if there a chemical leak where you are or a big fire or a tsunami or in worse case a missile but that last one would be uncommon for most people. Stuff that would require people to evacuate or move to safer places rather quickly.

            I wouldn’t say the government is having access to your private space, and is just an alert that you dismiss… It’s not like it’s locking down your phone or remotely accessing it or some weird shit.

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              1 year ago

              In some countries they are also used for missing people, train crashes, terrorist attacks, pandemic quarantine rule changes. I’m not opposed to getting this information, but I am opposed to it not being optional.

              And I have zero trust in our current government and could absolutely see it being misused down the line. But, for now, they can be turned off here.

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      1 year ago

      I have never gotten an emergency alert of any sort before this one. I have them disabled because I don’t care. It’s my phone, I can do as I please with it. Besides, if it is meant to reach every person in [country] you know that not everyone has a phone, right?