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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls

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Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls

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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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Google says it's working on a fix, but as usual, manufacturers will need to update.
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    Mine just went off by accident for the first time 10 minutes ago, I only stopped it in time.

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      Phones often don’t abort 911 calls at all. It’s not good to assume that cancelling the call “mid-dialing” is sufficient. Stay on the line, explain what happened briefly and let them confirm that it was a mis-dial. If you don’t they might get treat it as a no-answer dial and will dispatch resources to your GPS location (Thanks e-911) anyway.

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        I got to it within the 5 seconds before initialising the call.

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