Government Alerts ?

[ReprobusR]

When the government sends out Amber alerts or so called Emergency alerts, how is it the phone receives these alerts; anyone know what the government is using to gain access to ones phone to do the alert ?

 

[mustang7757]

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea


Can check this article

 

[Mooncatt]

No one is gaining access to your phone. It's similar to weather radios, where your phone detects the alert signal and then receives it to display to you.

More info at: https://www.ctia.org/consumer-resources/wireless-emergency-alerts

 

[ReprobusR]

It's not about gaining access, I know someone who doesn't prefer it on.

 

[Mooncatt]

That's not how your initial post sounded.

...anyone know what the government is using to gain access to ones phone to do the alert ?

In either case, most phones allow you to turn off all but the presidential alerts. Some phones may allow them to be completely disabled (my Razer Phone 2 is like this), but that's the exception and not the rule.

 

[mustang7757]

Go to your message app setting and look for emergency alert and can toggle them off

 

[B. Diddy]

On Pixel phones (and probably others as well), it's under Settings>Apps & Notifications>Emergency Alerts​.

 

[ptkelly]

On my Huawei, I went to Settings, type "Emergency" in Search and had an option for "Emergency Notices". Then I got to pick from a variety of weather, amber alerts, government alerts, etc. I had already turned all of them off but I'm pretty sure in the mountains of southern Mexico we don't have notifications.

 

[cardboard60]

Go to your message app setting and look for emergency alert and can toggle them off

Thought I had them turned off.
Why does the phone come with them turned on.
This morning, they went off.
A 3 hr drive north of me..
They was looking for somebody.

Now I live in the country.
Nothing but cattle pastures around me.
With Bulls in them.

 

[mustang7757]

Thought I had them turned off.
Why does the phone come with them turned on.
This morning, they went off.
A 3 hr drive north of me..
They was looking for somebody.

Now I live in the country.
Nothing but cattle pastures around me.
With Bulls in them.

Its to alert of a emergency, can turn them off .

 

[B. Diddy]

An emergency alert for a missing or endangered person is more effective the wider it's spread. You may consider it an inconvenience, but remember the purpose -- they're trying to save a life.