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It is a US phone on a non-US network. The cell broadcast messages may have been flagged the same as a "presidential alert" in the US but it would have a differe
by Someone1234 9y ago
It is a US phone on a non-US network. The cell broadcast messages may have been flagged the same as a "presidential alert" in the US but it would have a different meaning locally (e.g. "government alert", "emergency alert"). I believe the message type is just a "spare" numeric identifier that isn't defined consistently between the US, Europe, and elsewhere.
- kuschku 9y agoGreat. So like numerics in the IRC protocol, everyone does their own, and if you’re lucky some overlap.
- dragonwriter 9y agoMore specifically, as to the US category it got lumped in, Presidential alerts are the highest priority in the Wireless Emergency Alert system, followed by alerts for extreme then several imminent danger to life, followed by AMBER Alerts. So, its not surprising that a top-priority message would show as a Presidential Alert in a US phone if the same basic technology and rough semantics are used.