Britons to be sent ‘danger to life’ text alerts in national security test on 23.04.2023

[Retro]

Did you know that modern smartphones of both Apple and Android varieties have the ability to be sent emergency alerts by the government? They're not dialled in the usual way to show the alert, either, there's no tracking and no app required for this function.

People across the country will soon see “danger to life” alerts popping up on their phone screens as part of a UK-wide national security test.

Warning texts will be sent to millions of devices, setting off an alarm, as the government puts its new emergency system to the test.

The new measure has been established to warn the public of potentially life-threatening situations nearby, with the first round of tests set to focus on flooding and other extreme weather events.

Here's how they work, directly from the Cabinet Office. Riveting stuff...

 

[Mars]

Did you know that modern smartphones of both Apple and Android varieties have the ability to be sent emergency alerts by the government? They're not dialled in the usual way to show the alert, either, there's no tracking and no app required for this function.



Here's how they work, directly from the Cabinet Office. Riveting stuff...

Thanks, never knew that. Hope none of us Brits here, never ever receive one.

 

[Retro]

Update: the test will be on Sunday 23.04.2023.

I'm gonna completely nerd out to this one, lol.

 

[CyberGeek]

Thanks, never knew that. Hope none of us Brits here, never ever receive one.

Reminds me I was working a few stops by underground from London Bridge back in 2019, when the terrorist attack happened. How lucky I was to be away from it and that it happened a few hours after I arrived at work, g!