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Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK smartphones on 23rd April
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missile
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I thought this was an April Fool, but no About Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
People can opt out by searching their device settings for emergency alerts and then turning off severe and extreme ones. Officials say the alerts could be life-saving, though, advising against switching them off.
If you don't want this "service" turn it off here>
People can opt out by searching their device settings for emergency alerts and then turning off severe and extreme ones. Officials say the alerts could be life-saving, though, advising against switching them off.
If you don't want this "service" turn it off here>

"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
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I have no such setting on either of my phones. Your illustration appears to be a US phone.
Maybe you should have read the government page that you link to before posting this?3 -
Our Samsung phones all have the Public Safety Alerts, must have been a fairly recent update because it was
not there before.
Disabled all of ours so we won't get any alerts in future.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
For some reason this makes me feel uneasy...(My iPhone doesn't have that setting.)1
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My iphone has Emergency Alerts at the bottom of Notifications
Extreme Alerts & Severe Alerts
Running iOS 16.4Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid4 -
When you get an alert, stop what you’re doing and follow the instructions in the alert.
- You should not read or otherwise respond to an emergency alert whilst driving or riding a motorcycle.
- If you are driving, you should continue to drive and not respond to the noise or attempt to pick up the mobile phone and deal with the message.
Can't be that important then.Still, I suppose "Nuclear strike imminent, get the door off its hinges and hide under it!" isn't much good if you are driving a car....
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)
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This was on the news a few weeks back, wasn't it? I don't remember them saying exactly what date the test announcement was going to be.1
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On my android phone, it issettings > Apps & notifications > advanced > wireless emergency alertsyou can opt for both severe and extreme alerts, one of them or neither.I'm excited already!There is an alert history to keep a record of them, should we get one a day.do you think they will put useful alerts, like"Tescos have eggs!!!"or just mundane stuff like we might die and be unable to pay our taxes?I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)
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unforeseen said:I have no such setting on either of my phones. Your illustration appears to be a US phone.
Maybe you should have read the government page that you link to before posting this?
It is not easy to find how to turn off and my photo is from a UK website.
If you don't have that, you have a very old unsupported iPhone?
When the bomb drops, I want to be the last to know. Always The Last To Know (Single Mix) - YouTube Music"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:0 -
missile said:<snip>I posted the link to government page, there is no info on there on how to turn off the service.
It is not easy to find how to turn off and my photo is from a UK website.<snip>Seemed fairly easy to me, it will be somewhere in a notification menu, I posted how to do it in android whatever-number-I-have.I left them on, I can't really see why you wouldn't want warning of an Impending Disaster, like a dam breach, meteorite impact, nuclear strike, visit by local MP etc.
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)
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flaneurs_lobster said:They're finally activating Bill Gates' 5g covid vax nanobots.
Can't quite remember what's supposed to happen but there's probably a web site that can help with that.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.3
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