• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    3 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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      3 days ago

      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