▲ 66 ▼ Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mine just went off by accident for the first time 10 minutes ago, I only stopped it in time. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago I got to it within the 5 seconds before initialising the call. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago I got to it within the 5 seconds before initialising the call. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago I got to it within the 5 seconds before initialising the call. permalink fedilink source parent