DrGiltspur to Technology@kbin.social • 1 year agoAndroid’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false callsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkAndroid’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false callsarstechnica.comDrGiltspur to Technology@kbin.social • 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareBedSharkPallinkfedilink8•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-squarePunkster812linkfedilink2•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.