• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    2 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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      2 days ago

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

      looks like that is the only real issue here then