This kind of crap, and the fact that I can’t force the sounds to respect DND in my country, are why I turned off Amber Alerts on my phone through adb (or “hacking”, to the layperson).
I have that setting, but it doesn’t work in my country.
For some stupid reason, they’ve decided to send every time of warning message at the “Presidential Level” that’s supposed to be reserved for crazy life or death kind of stuff.
The settings are in my phone, but can’t actually do anything to the messages coming in.
So I disabled the entire system from my phone and downloaded an app that gives me alerts. Now I’m getting weather alerts again. Haven’t had the opportunity to test whether it’ll alert me to emergencies yet, thankfully. But I’ve turned off Amber Alerts in the app.
Nailed it. It’s ridiculous. I’ve sent in multiple complaints, and the one time they reply, they sent a generic email back to me addressed to the wrong name.
They’re building alarm fatigue into their population.
(Meanwhile, a spree killer dressed as a cop and actively pulling people over and shooting them to death? Better hope you’re subscribed to the RCMP Twitter page. Smash that Like button if you want to live!)
Ah fuck, that’s annoying. I’m not even sure Amber alerts are a thing in Malaysia, I got one during a business trip to New York years ago that scared the hell out of me since my phone is set to perpetual silent mode with no vibrations, and at like 3 AM it started playing sirens on max volume.
Had it turned off ever since, and only severe threats and storm warnings activated, see those work fine.
This kind of crap, and the fact that I can’t force the sounds to respect DND in my country, are why I turned off Amber Alerts on my phone through adb (or “hacking”, to the layperson).
You need to use adb for that? I simply have a setting to disable them.
I have that setting, but it doesn’t work in my country.
For some stupid reason, they’ve decided to send every time of warning message at the “Presidential Level” that’s supposed to be reserved for crazy life or death kind of stuff.
The settings are in my phone, but can’t actually do anything to the messages coming in.
So I disabled the entire system from my phone and downloaded an app that gives me alerts. Now I’m getting weather alerts again. Haven’t had the opportunity to test whether it’ll alert me to emergencies yet, thankfully. But I’ve turned off Amber Alerts in the app.
Canada, where every alert is in the nuclear attack category.
Nailed it. It’s ridiculous. I’ve sent in multiple complaints, and the one time they reply, they sent a generic email back to me addressed to the wrong name.
They’re building alarm fatigue into their population.
(Meanwhile, a spree killer dressed as a cop and actively pulling people over and shooting them to death? Better hope you’re subscribed to the RCMP Twitter page. Smash that Like button if you want to live!)
Ah fuck, that’s annoying. I’m not even sure Amber alerts are a thing in Malaysia, I got one during a business trip to New York years ago that scared the hell out of me since my phone is set to perpetual silent mode with no vibrations, and at like 3 AM it started playing sirens on max volume.
Had it turned off ever since, and only severe threats and storm warnings activated, see those work fine.