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Emergency Alerts On Mobile Phones
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//A siren-like alert will be sent to mobile phone users across the UK next month to test a new government public warning system.//
//Phone users will have to acknowledge the alert before they can use other features on their devices.//
//A message will appear on the home screens of people's devices during the test, with vibration and a loud warning sound that will ring for about 10 seconds, even if the phone is set to silent.//
//People can opt out by searching their device settings for emergency alerts and then turning off severe and extreme ones. Officials say the alerts could be life-saving, though, advising against switching them off.//
Anyone turning the alerts off, I am.
//A siren-like alert will be sent to mobile phone users across the UK next month to test a new government public warning system.//
//Phone users will have to acknowledge the alert before they can use other features on their devices.//
//A message will appear on the home screens of people's devices during the test, with vibration and a loud warning sound that will ring for about 10 seconds, even if the phone is set to silent.//
//People can opt out by searching their device settings for emergency alerts and then turning off severe and extreme ones. Officials say the alerts could be life-saving, though, advising against switching them off.//
Anyone turning the alerts off, I am.
Answers
Alerts? Hmm ... maybe... but that I can't use my phone unless I acknowledge them ... I think not. That's intrusive and that I do not like.
12:02 Sun 19th Mar 2023
//I suppose it's because they think people also have to the right to have the sh it scared out of them. they love it.//
Well they did that for the best part of two years when the pandemic was ongoing. It was a deliberate part of their strategy to do so:
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“Perceived threat: A substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened; it could be that they are reassured by the low death rate in their demographic group…The perceived level of personal threat needs to be increased among those who are complacent, using hard-hitting emotional messaging."
I suppose they are missing that now and are looking for some other method with which to control a recalcitrant population.
Well they did that for the best part of two years when the pandemic was ongoing. It was a deliberate part of their strategy to do so:
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“Perceived threat: A substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened; it could be that they are reassured by the low death rate in their demographic group…The perceived level of personal threat needs to be increased among those who are complacent, using hard-hitting emotional messaging."
I suppose they are missing that now and are looking for some other method with which to control a recalcitrant population.
Advice given here, dustypuss: https:/
"If you’re driving or riding when you get an alert
- You should not read or otherwise respond to an emergency alert whilst driving or riding a motorcycle.
- If you are driving, you should continue to drive and not respond to the noise or attempt to pick up the mobile phone and deal with the message.
- Find somewhere safe and legal to stop before reading the message. If there is nowhere safe or legal to stop close by, and nobody else is in the vehicle to read the alert, tune into live radio and wait for bulletins until you can find somewhere safe and legal to stop."
"If you’re driving or riding when you get an alert
- You should not read or otherwise respond to an emergency alert whilst driving or riding a motorcycle.
- If you are driving, you should continue to drive and not respond to the noise or attempt to pick up the mobile phone and deal with the message.
- Find somewhere safe and legal to stop before reading the message. If there is nowhere safe or legal to stop close by, and nobody else is in the vehicle to read the alert, tune into live radio and wait for bulletins until you can find somewhere safe and legal to stop."
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