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Emergency phone alert vs malware to hijack, manipulate and interfere with phones
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Infraviolet:
My main concern is wheher this silly thing will disrupt stuff like mobile broadband devices where there isn't any user interface with which one can dismiss such alerts. I haven't really seen a proper expalanation of how the alert system is supposed to work, so don't know if it is tapping in to existing functionality in Android/Apple phones or if it is a new project wholely created by the UK government. My phone is an older samsung (camera and USB mass storage, but no apps as such), and not smart, I can't see any settings related to emergency alerts so my assumption is it shouldn't be able to get spammed by them?
MrMobodies:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 08, 2023, 01:17:15 pm ---You're not happy you have to tap the screen briefly before continuing to go about your ignorance?
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It said:

--- Quote ---Users will be unable to use other features on their devices unless they acknowledge the alert.
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If you mean the above being the same then yes I am not happy.
If it didn't lock the controls then I wouldn't mind and as a notification too.

Just because I didn't tap doesn't mean I didn't acknowledge it but I think it should not interfere and lock the controls in the way they described.

Yes I might be ignorant and that's why I am here to listen to your thoughts and opinions.
I recognize that mine can't always be right.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: MrMobodies on April 08, 2023, 05:39:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 08, 2023, 01:17:15 pm ---You're not happy you have to tap the screen briefly before continuing to go about your ignorance?
--- End quote ---
It said:

--- Quote ---Users will be unable to use other features on their devices unless they acknowledge the alert.
--- End quote ---
If you mean the above being the same then yes I am not happy.
If it didn't lock the controls then I wouldn't mind and as a notification too.

Just because I didn't tap doesn't mean I didn't acknowledge it but I think it should not interfere and lock the controls in the way they described.

Yes I might be ignorant and that's why I am here to listen to your thoughts and opinions.
I recognize that mine can't always be right.

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It's no further lock on the controls than the screen lock. Unlock screen, tap 'acknowledge', proceed to use device.
RJSV:
Responders, Please don't even get me started, by using COVID crises as a good example of a sensible government response.
   Right now, my doctor 'screens' my COVID vaccination status (actually an intern, here),  They ask abo hiut am I current or up to date, the expression being that the doctor is checking all the boxes mechanically (not very flattering).
   I don't even know how to answer that, except to say "Got the first two vacs, so I could fly.  There have been numerous update vaccinations, in the 2 years since then.  Doctor doesn't know those nuances...and it doesn't matter:. I mumbled a few words of response, she never followed or pressed me on the issue of any 'updates' which probably like 4 or 5 boosters, she didn't know or press the issue.
ALL THEATER.   Some Americans won't take mask off, until told to do so.  Vaccinations now approved for infants.
Horrible damage,...just disgraceful.

   So, don't pull my leg, on mass emergencies...I'll pee on your foot.

But OP seems to have right approach, which is no trust.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: RJHayward on April 08, 2023, 07:35:13 pm ---Responders, Please don't even get me started, by using COVID crises as a good example of a sensible government response.
   Right now, my doctor 'screens' my COVID vaccination status (actually an intern, here),  They ask abo hiut am I current or up to date, the expression being that the doctor is checking all the boxes mechanically (not very flattering).
   I don't even know how to answer that, except to say "Got the first two vacs, so I could fly.  There have been numerous update vaccinations, in the 2 years since then.  Doctor doesn't know those nuances...and it doesn't matter:. I mumbled a few words of response, she never followed or pressed me on the issue of any 'updates' which probably like 4 or 5 boosters, she didn't know or press the issue.
ALL THEATER.   Some Americans won't take mask off, until told to do so.  Vaccinations now approved for infants.
Horrible damage,...just disgraceful.
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And who brought vaccinations up?

Oh. You.


--- Quote ---So, don't pull my leg, on mass emergencies...I'll pee on your foot.

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Do you watch any sort of news? There have been 54 deaths in the last two weeks to tornados in the US, for example. The purpose of this alert system is to aid in warning people of such events.
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