• @[email protected]
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      139 months ago

      It’s not really a backdoor. It’s an Emergency Broadcast System. Nobody can access your phone through it, they just blast data out to everyone in a preconfigured way that your phone knows to receive and relay to you.

      It’s not really any different than receiving a text message except that the text message comes with its own dedicated sound so that you know an emergency is happening.

    • @ShunkW
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      99 months ago

      It’s not a backdoor. It’s a broadcast message system, like the emergency alert system used on television.

        • @Soggy
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          19 months ago

          For the same reason you can’t opt out of hearing firetruck sirens, it’s an emergency broadcast with information and instructions. Important for functioning society.

        • @smackjack
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          19 months ago

          You can opt out in the sense that you can go into your phone’s settings and turn them off. A lot of people don’t know that you can do that.