▲ 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
[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] auxim@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verysoft@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] auxim@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verysoft@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verysoft@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent