DrGiltspur@kbin.social to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoAndroid’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false callsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareBedSharkPal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago “Android 12 added an easy-access feature for emergency services: just press the power button five times, and your phone will dial emergency services for you” Man, who could have seen this one coming?!
minus-squareCaptainApathetic@rustyshackleford.cfdlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoHoly shit that is a monumentally stupid feature.
minus-squarePunkster812@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI got frustrated and accidently triggered it. Very next thing I did was track down how to disable it in settings.
Man, who could have seen this one coming?!
Holy shit that is a monumentally stupid feature.
I got frustrated and accidently triggered it. Very next thing I did was track down how to disable it in settings.