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Such a stupid system. No alert should bypass specific instructions for a phone to be silent. Or at the very least they should do a silent alarm before doing thi
by cuteboy19 3y ago
Such a stupid system. No alert should bypass specific instructions for a phone to be silent. Or at the very least they should do a silent alarm before doing this
- qball 3y ago>No alert should bypass specific instructions for a phone to be silent. Why? Don't you know that bitter custody disputes qualify as national emergencies on par with the outbreak of a natural disaster or nuclear war? Surely the fact that 99.999% of the time it's only used for the former increases the chance the alerts will be taken seriously.
- lithos 3y agoNah the alert system has made itself known more for being utterly necessary to mute. You really don't need to wake up a metropolitan area at 2am because a grandparent "escaped".
- nanoxide 3y agoThis depends on the country though. Here in Germany the system is only used for actual emergencies, like fires or blackouts. It's not used for missing persons and the like. Though there was a warning about an allegedly escaped lion in the wild this summer. Turned out to be just some boars.
- olliej 3y agoAmber alerts and similar can be disabled.
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoUnless you're in Canada (possibly only some provinces) where our government has, in their infinite wisdom, decided that all alerts must be broadcast at the presidential level.