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Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST] (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The US has a similar alert system for emergencies and most alerts you see are to look for a number plate because of a recent child abduction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We've had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.

But I don't think we'll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We've already got amber alerts here, have for nearly a decade, except for some stupid reason the government did an exclusivity deal with Facebook so you only get them if you use their app.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's not really amber alerts then, and I don't care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it's a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Except for that one time they accidentally sent out the warning to everyone in Hawaii that ballistic missiles were inbound in 30 minutes

Oops 👀

My bad

Edit: found a wiki on it couldn’t remember the details

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert