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A few months ago, France did emergency broadcast tests on some users. I was one of them and my phone (Android, Samsung, operator is Orange) suddenly was taken
by BrandoElFollito 3y ago
A few months ago, France did emergency broadcast tests on some users.
I was one of them and my phone (Android, Samsung, operator is Orange) suddenly was taken over. It started to root a sound I never heard (loudly), vibrate like crazy and the screen was locked to an emergency message that covered everything else. I had to click on the message to make it go.
This test shows that the administration already has some level of control, through the network provider's OS layer.
- Someone 3y ago> This test shows that the administration already has some level of control, through the network provider's OS layer. I don’t hink it shows that. This likely is cell broadcast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast) Many phones allow you to disable it (according to that Apple page not always: “In some countries or regions, you may not be able to disable Government Alerts”). See https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516, https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-block-or-disable-cell-broadcast-messages-on-Android-phones-without-rooting-them https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-block-or-disable-cell-broa...)
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoAh, you must be right then. I think it indeed looked very much like Alert-FR (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-Alert https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-Alert)