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Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Mine just went off by accident for the first time 10 minutes ago, I only stopped it in time.

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  • [–] 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.

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