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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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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

Got me thinking how awkward 911, 112 is to call on modern phones with one hand. 999 and 000 are much quicker to dial being only 1 number and at the bottom of the dial pad, 000 especially, being in the middle for left and right handers.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Fair, but that’s also on purpose, to reduce the chance of accidental calls. It’s why this 5-press system seems to have issues, there is no second validation. You should never be in a situation where you’re uncertain if you triggered an emergency call or not.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah, pros and cons to it.
    I have never heard of this being a problem until recently, the feature has been around a while. It should probably be disabled by default or have some other failsafe in place.

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