Public emergency alert - being sent to your phone
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: No I'm pointing out that they literally had a Covid app on millions of phones and so far as I'm aware they haven't abused it.
If you don't think an alerting system is any use that's fair enough but that isn't what you seemed to be on about with all that stuff suggesting it would have been misused during the pandemic.
We got all those sms messages from the Govt and GP practices instructing us to get vaccinated etc. Despite requests from me to stop the messages, they kept reaching me. That was an abuse of the messaging service. If you don't think an alerting system is any use that's fair enough but that isn't what you seemed to be on about with all that stuff suggesting it would have been misused during the pandemic.
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
Do you really take your phone to bed with you?
Most people do.I speak only for myself, but generally going to bed is to go to sleep.
You say most do. Did you make that up or is there evidence?
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/phones-in-bed-damag...
74 percent keeping a device within reach:
https://parade.com/health/sleeping-with-phone-next...
71% of smartphone owners sleep with or next to their mobile phones on a typical night:
https://www.shieldyourbody.com/sleep-phone/
Google will provide plenty of other surveys.
In terms of what for, most people, I'd imagine, use the phone as an alarm clock. A lot of people also read before going to bed. It used to be paper books, these days it's phones.
Im surprised though.
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
Do you really take your phone to bed with you?
Most people do.I speak only for myself, but generally going to bed is to go to sleep.
You say most do. Did you make that up or is there evidence?
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/phones-in-bed-damag...
74 percent keeping a device within reach:
https://parade.com/health/sleeping-with-phone-next...
71% of smartphone owners sleep with or next to their mobile phones on a typical night:
https://www.shieldyourbody.com/sleep-phone/
Google will provide plenty of other surveys.
In terms of what for, most people, I'd imagine, use the phone as an alarm clock. A lot of people also read before going to bed. It used to be paper books, these days it's phones.
Im surprised though.
GSE said:
You've got to be joking, surely? After the last 3 years, that's the last thing I'm going to do!
Education plans to get us to watch more news? I never realized that the Government cared so much about us.
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
Do you really take your phone to bed with you?
Most people do.I speak only for myself, but generally going to bed is to go to sleep.
You say most do. Did you make that up or is there evidence?
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/phones-in-bed-damag...
74 percent keeping a device within reach:
https://parade.com/health/sleeping-with-phone-next...
71% of smartphone owners sleep with or next to their mobile phones on a typical night:
https://www.shieldyourbody.com/sleep-phone/
Google will provide plenty of other surveys.
In terms of what for, most people, I'd imagine, use the phone as an alarm clock. A lot of people also read before going to bed. It used to be paper books, these days it's phones.
Im surprised though.
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
xx99xx said:
monkfish1 said:
Do you really take your phone to bed with you?
Most people do.I speak only for myself, but generally going to bed is to go to sleep.
You say most do. Did you make that up or is there evidence?
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/phones-in-bed-damag...
74 percent keeping a device within reach:
https://parade.com/health/sleeping-with-phone-next...
71% of smartphone owners sleep with or next to their mobile phones on a typical night:
https://www.shieldyourbody.com/sleep-phone/
Google will provide plenty of other surveys.
In terms of what for, most people, I'd imagine, use the phone as an alarm clock. A lot of people also read before going to bed. It used to be paper books, these days it's phones.
xx99xx said:
Yes, I was joking. I'm fairly sure there were never any plans for a mass adult education programme to get people to watch/read more news. Because it's ridiculous and far easier to issue alerts.
There was a talking head on the TV a few weeks ago saying that he never hoped that the system would be used. Yes that seems like a great way to spend money. Mission creep will be inevitable.I can see Michael Gove on the TV sitting there with a straight face telling us that we all should be taking more notice of the news ....
Edited by GSE on Sunday 2nd April 19:13
cuprabob said:
NRS said:
anonymoususer said:
I take my wife to bed and the phones are left downstairs.
How do you keep an eye on the news through the night to not need an alert if something goes wrong locally? 
Telegraph article is amusing, as are the readers' comments:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/04/02/mo...
Article said:
Officials have met with the RAC to discuss how any risk to drivers can be reduced to avoid car crashes.
Road safety campaigners have warned that the siren could distract drivers caught unawares.
Edmund King, president of the AA, welcomed the scheme, but questioned how wise it was to test it on a day “Sunday drivers” - often less experienced motorists - take to the roads.
“If they have the phone in the car and an odd sound goes off there could be some form of panic,” he said.
“Even if they have a hands-free system the odd sound could mean they reach for the phone. So, there’s no doubt that there’s a threat of distraction for some drivers.”
Motorway signs will also be used in the run-up to the test to warn drivers not to check or use their phones.
Oh, & the time of the test still hasn't been announced....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/04/02/mo...
Article said:
Officials have met with the RAC to discuss how any risk to drivers can be reduced to avoid car crashes.
Road safety campaigners have warned that the siren could distract drivers caught unawares.
Edmund King, president of the AA, welcomed the scheme, but questioned how wise it was to test it on a day “Sunday drivers” - often less experienced motorists - take to the roads.
“If they have the phone in the car and an odd sound goes off there could be some form of panic,” he said.
“Even if they have a hands-free system the odd sound could mean they reach for the phone. So, there’s no doubt that there’s a threat of distraction for some drivers.”
Motorway signs will also be used in the run-up to the test to warn drivers not to check or use their phones.
Oh, & the time of the test still hasn't been announced....
Edited by Biker 1 on Monday 3rd April 08:53
We have it in the US. But we also have tornadoes and the such like that can pop up with little notice. We also have the more old fashioned sirens that go off when a tornado is imminent.
They use it for alerts when children are snatched too and I understand that it has helped them to get back kidnapped children so I guess it's worthwhile.
They use it for alerts when children are snatched too and I understand that it has helped them to get back kidnapped children so I guess it's worthwhile.
More to the point, the test will clearly involve many observers, from police units to other emergency services. What sort of normal person volunteers for this sort of nonsense on a Sunday evening?
I already disabled the nanny emergency crap In my phone & will be doing something more useful at the time of the Great Rollout.
Presumably all the observers, control units, software developers etc will all be giving eachother high fives via Zoom whilst normal people are putting their feet up in front of the telly?
I already disabled the nanny emergency crap In my phone & will be doing something more useful at the time of the Great Rollout.
Presumably all the observers, control units, software developers etc will all be giving eachother high fives via Zoom whilst normal people are putting their feet up in front of the telly?
unrepentant said:
We have it in the US. But we also have tornadoes and the such like that can pop up with little notice. We also have the more old fashioned sirens that go off when a tornado is imminent.
They use it for alerts when children are snatched too and I understand that it has helped them to get back kidnapped children so I guess it's worthwhile.
But such things don’t happen in UKtopia, so something something, tax payer, something, I already know everything, something something, pandemic, grrrr.They use it for alerts when children are snatched too and I understand that it has helped them to get back kidnapped children so I guess it's worthwhile.
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