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Did you guys get a jarring message on your phone?
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this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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I was so confused because it happened while I was driving so I couldn't turn it off, and it just kept going and going for like dive minutes. I have all those dumb alerts turned off in the settings so I don't even know why it went off in the first place.
It's an emergency alert. So of course cannot be disabled, it would be stupid if it could be disabled it would completely miss the point.
EDIT: It seems like at least on the UK can be disabled so maybe other places too...to me it defeats the main purpose but whatever...
I mean I guess it makes sense in some situations for secondary phones or similar but then there risk of not receiving the alert, of course you could aswell be without a phone and nobody nearby and also don't get the alert.
Idk... like it's not a common thing that happens so that the secondary phone or similar sounds it's not that terrible, that said there are some exceptions shown in the comments about abusive relations so I could see that being an issue.
I'm in the UK and we can disable them here 🤷🏻♀️
Interesting 🤔 yeah I saw instructions online. Idk to me it defeats the main pourpose of alerting everybody no matter.
That said reading comments there are some examples of people having second phones hidden that could be a problem.
i can disable it in australia on android
Smack it with a hammer
I have never gotten an emergency alert of any sort before this one. I have them disabled because I don't care. It's my phone, I can do as I please with it. Besides, if it is meant to reach every person in [country] you know that not everyone has a phone, right?