• shani66@ani.social
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    2 days ago

    Our phones in America get amber alerts and extreme weather notifications too, so idk what this article is on about

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      2 days ago

      Someone elaenin the thread posted a screenshot. The Amber alert in CA basically just said it was an alert and a bit.ly link to Twitter for info.

      Why the fuck doesn’t California actually include the info on the alert itself like I’ve always gotten anywhere else? That’s the actual question. Every alert I have received in AZ has had all relevant info for the alert in the alert itself, never just a link elsewhere.

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      2 days ago

      ignoring for a second you can turn off push notifications so that’s a stupid contact method in the first place they also just linked to a 3rd party site instead of sending info directly over the system.

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        WEA messages aren’t push notificationn, nor are they SMS messages like Australia uses. They are a separate system. Our phones are configured to pop up the message over everything, and they default with a loud, unique alert tone.

        Some WEA messages can be blocked; some cannot.

        They aren’t supposed to be used to just send links; they are supposed to send the actual message. This is the first time I’ve heard of an Amber Alert that didn’t include details about the suspect and victim.

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          They aren’t supposed to be used to just send links

          looks like that is the only real issue here then