Public emergency alert - being sent to your phone
Discussion
Bill said:
Last Visit said:
Exactly that. The ability to do so has been in phones for ages.
I'll leave it on for now, seems a reasonable idea and too soon to make an informed opinion on how it will actually be used in practice.
I don't see the whole thing as life changing.
You realise where you've posted this??!!? I'll leave it on for now, seems a reasonable idea and too soon to make an informed opinion on how it will actually be used in practice.
I don't see the whole thing as life changing.
Getragdogleg said:
dvs_dave said:
The man, the taxpayer, the nanny state, grrrrrr! It’s ok petal, you can just turn it off.
I have, and guess what chicken licken, the sky won't fall because I have. Why is everything a conspiracy theory? No conspiracy needed here. The same sort of lying toads who stirred up the covid panic will have an extra lever with which to scare the public. That large section of the public who are eager to have something to panic about will have something else to panic about.
JuanCarlosFandango said:
Why is everything a conspiracy theory? No conspiracy needed here. The same sort of lying toads who stirred up the covid panic will have an extra lever with which to scare the public. That large section of the public who are eager to have something to panic about will have something else to panic about.
Who mentioned a conspiracy, apart from your good self? Where did the 'everything' exaggeration come from?!From posts so far disagreeing with the idea, it's a mix of people noting that this is initially an unrequested imposition, therefore a waste of time and public money, this government like most others is incompetent (so we can expect snafus) and is pursuing its own agenda via various convenient vehicles, and represents a view of government as interfering to promote dependence and change behaviour which is what interfering governments and their supporters think is fine, others disagree. That's about it.
Dave. said:
monkfish1 said:
Any chance someone can enlighten me on how to turn this meaningless drivel off?
Android phone. Gobe to settings,notifications. Im not seeing anything relevant?
Just search settings for emergency alerts Android phone. Gobe to settings,notifications. Im not seeing anything relevant?
Anyway, i did, but theres no option to turn it off, just change the length and turn on / off vibrate.
turbobloke said:
Who mentioned a conspiracy, apart from your good self? Where did the 'everything' exaggeration come from?!
From posts so far disagreeing with the idea, it's a mix of people noting that this is initially an unrequested imposition, therefore a waste of time and public money, this government like most others is incompetent (so we can expect snafus) and is pursuing its own agenda via various convenient vehicles, and represents a view of government as interfering to promote dependence and change behaviour which is what interfering governments and their supporters think is fine, others disagree. That's about it.
No, it's the supporters who seem obsessed with conspiracy theories. It's their stock response. From posts so far disagreeing with the idea, it's a mix of people noting that this is initially an unrequested imposition, therefore a waste of time and public money, this government like most others is incompetent (so we can expect snafus) and is pursuing its own agenda via various convenient vehicles, and represents a view of government as interfering to promote dependence and change behaviour which is what interfering governments and their supporters think is fine, others disagree. That's about it.
JuanCarlosFandango said:
turbobloke said:
Who mentioned a conspiracy, apart from your good self? Where did the 'everything' exaggeration come from?!
From posts so far disagreeing with the idea, it's a mix of people noting that this is initially an unrequested imposition, therefore a waste of time and public money, this government like most others is incompetent (so we can expect snafus) and is pursuing its own agenda via various convenient vehicles, and represents a view of government as interfering to promote dependence and change behaviour which is what interfering governments and their supporters think is fine, others disagree. That's about it.
No, it's the supporters who seem obsessed with conspiracy theories. It's their stock response. From posts so far disagreeing with the idea, it's a mix of people noting that this is initially an unrequested imposition, therefore a waste of time and public money, this government like most others is incompetent (so we can expect snafus) and is pursuing its own agenda via various convenient vehicles, and represents a view of government as interfering to promote dependence and change behaviour which is what interfering governments and their supporters think is fine, others disagree. That's about it.
Either way I’ve set settings to stun/none. But as Turbo notes it seems an utterly futile use of public resources. Those that want to be disruptively spammed about an incoming 2 inches of snow may sign up. I suspect they may have their ears glued to the TV for incoming Armageddon anyway. People the government may actually want to ‘influence’ will probably disable the setting anyway.
Ridgemont said:
Until the way David Halpern’s BIT was brought into play during Covid I suspect you might have had a point. However the way that that has played out has left an awful lot of people highly sceptical about governmental intentions, not least reinforced by that cretin Hancock’s leaked WhatsApp messages (‘let’s scare the pants off them’) indicating an utterly cavalier and frankly reckless use of the various tools that government has to influence public behaviour.
Either way I’ve set settings to stun/none. But as Turbo notes it seems an utterly futile use of public resources. Those that want to be disruptively spammed about an incoming 2 inches of snow may sign up. I suspect they may have their ears glued to the TV for incoming Armageddon anyway. People the government may actually want to ‘influence’ will probably disable the setting anyway.
Oh I agree.Either way I’ve set settings to stun/none. But as Turbo notes it seems an utterly futile use of public resources. Those that want to be disruptively spammed about an incoming 2 inches of snow may sign up. I suspect they may have their ears glued to the TV for incoming Armageddon anyway. People the government may actually want to ‘influence’ will probably disable the setting anyway.
I'm obviously not making my point clearly enough. I don't support this and I don't need to believe it is a conspiracy in order to not support it. It's a stupid idea.
It seems like the default position of some people to say any opposition to this stuff is driven by some wild conspiracy theory.
JuanCarlosFandango said:
Ridgemont said:
Until the way David Halpern’s BIT was brought into play during Covid I suspect you might have had a point. However the way that that has played out has left an awful lot of people highly sceptical about governmental intentions, not least reinforced by that cretin Hancock’s leaked WhatsApp messages (‘let’s scare the pants off them’) indicating an utterly cavalier and frankly reckless use of the various tools that government has to influence public behaviour.
Either way I’ve set settings to stun/none. But as Turbo notes it seems an utterly futile use of public resources. Those that want to be disruptively spammed about an incoming 2 inches of snow may sign up. I suspect they may have their ears glued to the TV for incoming Armageddon anyway. People the government may actually want to ‘influence’ will probably disable the setting anyway.
Oh I agree.Either way I’ve set settings to stun/none. But as Turbo notes it seems an utterly futile use of public resources. Those that want to be disruptively spammed about an incoming 2 inches of snow may sign up. I suspect they may have their ears glued to the TV for incoming Armageddon anyway. People the government may actually want to ‘influence’ will probably disable the setting anyway.
I'm obviously not making my point clearly enough. I don't support this and I don't need to believe it is a conspiracy in order to not support it. It's a stupid idea.
It seems like the default position of some people to say any opposition to this stuff is driven by some wild conspiracy theory.
monkfish1 said:
Dave. said:
monkfish1 said:
Any chance someone can enlighten me on how to turn this meaningless drivel off?
Android phone. Gobe to settings,notifications. Im not seeing anything relevant?
Just search settings for emergency alerts Android phone. Gobe to settings,notifications. Im not seeing anything relevant?
Anyway, i did, but theres no option to turn it off, just change the length and turn on / off vibrate.
Not a bad thing IMO as long as its not abused. It can be useful to know certain things but yeah its got to be used sensibly otherwise its going to stray into boy who cried wolf terrirtory.
I've been to a few countries that have this. The last was South Korea. Though they did put through regular "EMERGENCY!" alerts for a handful of covid cases in a city populated by millions. I mean a few hundred cases isn't even a rounding error. Not sure it warranted rather obnoxiously loud alerts! However, they also had ones alerting you to missing people being sighted, criminals on the loose etc. Whilst I was there I had 2 missing persons alerts and then I got one about a stabbing. I mean that kinda thing is useful to know.
I've been to a few countries that have this. The last was South Korea. Though they did put through regular "EMERGENCY!" alerts for a handful of covid cases in a city populated by millions. I mean a few hundred cases isn't even a rounding error. Not sure it warranted rather obnoxiously loud alerts! However, they also had ones alerting you to missing people being sighted, criminals on the loose etc. Whilst I was there I had 2 missing persons alerts and then I got one about a stabbing. I mean that kinda thing is useful to know.
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Monday 20th March 10:14
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