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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Reports that the government will soon trial a warning message system that will send messages to your phone's. Did anyone ask the peoples?. Hope it can be switched off....

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"Reports that the government will soon trial a warning message system that will send messages to your phone's. Did anyone ask the peoples?. Hope it can be switched off...."

You can choose to turn your phone off.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m sure we’ve had one before.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Your a bit late to the party for this one Tom. The news is about 2 months old

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

This is old news Tom and it will be on Sunday 23rd April at 3pm ..

Noubt to worry about and the message will clearly state its a test run only ...

Hope this helps

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I was horrified at this news when I first heard it Tom. I've grown a beard since then.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

It's old news but it's rumbling on. What right do these buggers have....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's old news but it's rumbling on. What right do these buggers have...."

No right, and it's not right.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

If there had been a credible opposition party a few years back then this might of been nipped in the bud. Corbyn and his cronies ....

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

This is about controlling Peoples. Mark Toms words

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Only conspiracy theorists find this worrying

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

In a town near me, a "government body" has a direct link to everyone in the villages home phones, in case of emergency.

I don't know about their mobile phones, presumably they have the same facility.

This is not a new thing. In the same way, in reverse, lines can be closed down for everything except essential services. If I recall it's happened a few times, London tube/bus bombings, Iranian embassy siege for example.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's old news but it's rumbling on. What right do these buggers have....

No right, and it's not right.

It's to warn us about severe risks of Flooding, fire and extreme weather...

So it's not about rights really is it ..

Oh and it's to give us a few seconds warning if we are getting nuked ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's old news but it's rumbling on. What right do these buggers have....

No right, and it's not right.

It's to warn us about severe risks of Flooding, fire and extreme weather...

So it's not about rights really is it ..

Oh and it's to give us a few seconds warning if we are getting nuked ..."

I’m signed up to local flood alerts by choice. I think you should be able select what warnings you want.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How long before the first instance of ‘ I was driving when a ‘national’ alert pinged on my phone, distracted me and I crashed……I’m suing.gov’. …

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

How dare the government warn me of impending catastrophe. Next they will want me to pay tax…..

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By *entlemanrogueMan
over a year ago

Motherwell

"Reports that the government will soon trial a warning message system that will send messages to your phone's. Did anyone ask the peoples?. Hope it can be switched off....

You can choose to turn your phone off.

apparently turning uour phone off wont do anything, i believe you can turn off the alert, though i cant share the link to do so here.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

It's another way to communicate that there are problems and to give relevant advice. It's a more sophisticated form of emergency air raid alert sirens. They're not picking out and gaining intelligence on people just by sending an alert. It will go to everyone in an area.

The next 1 is just a testing put of the service. No doubt, the networks will get some money too.

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By *hagTonightMan
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

You could get a old phone that you can just text and phone on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Refuge tells you in a YouTube video how to turn it off.

Search 'emergency alert' in your phone's setting section, then use the toggles to turn off the alerts you don't want.

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

"Only conspiracy theorists find this worrying "

You would say that wouldn’t you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Refuge tells you in a YouTube video how to turn it off.

Search 'emergency alert' in your phone's setting section, then use the toggles to turn off the alerts you don't want."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2MBcHwmiy8

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Soon it will descent into, it's going to be hot today. Don't forget your suncream

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

How do you get the message if you don't have a phone.....

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By *izzmasterzeroMan
over a year ago

Aberdeen

What are they doing this for, are they preparing for something that we don't yet know about? And also why are people saying that its worrying?

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

"Reports that the government will soon trial a warning message system that will send messages to your phone's. Did anyone ask the peoples?. Hope it can be switched off...."

If you think your phone is private information, you’re very much mistaken, google, fb, insta, all of them probably know your routine and probably had a gander and your dick pics in your camera roll.

The mr

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"What are they doing this for, are they preparing for something that we don't yet know about? And also why are people saying that its worrying?"

NASA already have an Asteroid collision app available.

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

My favourite meme around this on twitter;

Random conspiracy theorist.... "does anyone get the feeling there being watched"

CIA....... "They're "

Gets me every time I see it.....

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

"What are they doing this for, are they preparing for something that we don't yet know about? And also why are people saying that its worrying?

NASA already have an Asteroid collision app available."
Its called Earth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing to worry about. We get alerts all the time for different things. It's been around for awhile here. Rather get a alert for a tornado touching down then nothing at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s literally a noise for a few seconds to test it out in case of extreme danger, much like they have in America on the tv

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It’s literally a noise for a few seconds to test it out in case of extreme danger, much like they have in America on the tv "
We get alerts for when a child gets abducted. It sends a text on where it happened a description of the child and vehicle description and plate number. Same as other emergencies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It’s literally a noise for a few seconds to test it out in case of extreme danger, much like they have in America on the tv We get alerts for when a child gets abducted. It sends a text on where it happened a description of the child and vehicle description and plate number. Same as other emergencies. "

Yeah has its uses and benefits. Can be incredibly useful

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By *hil911Man
over a year ago

Solihull

It can be turned off in the settings of your phone.

It'll be a ten second alarm.

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

"My favourite meme around this on twitter;

Random conspiracy theorist.... "does anyone get the feeling there being watched"

CIA....... "They're "

Gets me every time I see it....."

Brilliant

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

"My favourite meme around this on twitter;

Random conspiracy theorist.... "does anyone get the feeling there being watched"

CIA....... "They're "

Gets me every time I see it.....

Brilliant "

I'm guessing someone set up a spoof CIA twitter account.

But I soooooooo want to have been the actual CIA.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Good heavens, the powers that be want to be able to warn us all en masse of an emergency! Where's my individually tailored, personal phone call from my MP to update me? Really, this country has gone downhill...

LvM

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By *andycandy88Woman
over a year ago

Northolt

Test run message to see what?

That we can read a message and close it off? Humans are humans not guinea pigs or robots

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By *angOnBunnyCouple
over a year ago

Ipswich

It's part of the mobile phone standards to cell broadcast alerts. This isn't big brother at all, it's a means to broadcast emergency info and wow the horror

I work in the industry and can track any phone on my network. The signalling tells everything, so an emergency alert system is so far off government big brother that I'm laughing hard

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

"Good heavens, the powers that be want to be able to warn us all en masse of an emergency! Where's my individually tailored, personal phone call from my MP to update me? Really, this country has gone downhill...

LvM"

This.

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

"It's part of the mobile phone standards to cell broadcast alerts. This isn't big brother at all, it's a means to broadcast emergency info and wow the horror

I work in the industry and can track any phone on my network. The signalling tells everything, so an emergency alert system is so far off government big brother that I'm laughing hard

And this.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Tom will not take any chances with this. He will didable this intrusion if he is able..

This is part of the reason that we left the EU ....

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By *hil911Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Tom will not take any chances with this. He will didable this intrusion if he is able..

This is part of the reason that we left the EU ...."

It's in your phones settings.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

"Tom will not take any chances with this. He will didable this intrusion if he is able..

This is part of the reason that we left the EU ...."

Well every other reason for leaving the EU has turned out to be a load of utter bollocks, why not add this to the list?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's hilarious that the conspiracy that big brother is watching. I guarantee if tornados hit England you would love having a alert system.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

"It's hilarious that the conspiracy that big brother is watching. I guarantee if tornados hit England you would love having a alert system.

Thing is they don’t. What they will be sending us is warnings that there’s 1/2 inch of snow or adverse heat( or a nice summer as we used to call it).

Just white noise unless it’s warning us of an impending nuclear attack from Russia? Or is that one for the conspiracy theorists?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

And soon they will have advertising so that before you are warned about a tidal wave you have to listen to we buy any car . Com

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By *angOnBunnyCouple
over a year ago

Ipswich

This was baked into GSMA standards in the early 1990s. It's been used before, and this is just a refresh test.

Jeez, I wonder at folks at times

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By *929Man
over a year ago

newcastle

"And soon they will have advertising so that before you are warned about a tidal wave you have to listen to we buy any car . Com"

Good idea to be fair I’d sooner be wiped out by a tidal wave than listen to that bastard advert

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

Best thing to do is to turn your phone off for three days and the message will get discarded.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Reports that the government will soon trial a warning message system that will send messages to your phone's. Did anyone ask the peoples?. Hope it can be switched off...."

How dare they warn people of impending doom, we deserve to be left in the blissful ignorance we all crave so much.

Cal

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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Just white noise unless it’s warning us of an impending nuclear attack from Russia? Or is that one for the conspiracy theorists?"

Putin must be laughing at us right down the entire length of his table.

Talk about using our own government to spread doom and gloom on Russia's behalf.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Imagine if it's hacked into by a geek kid from Carlisle who puts out random messages of his own..

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

"Imagine if it's hacked into by a geek kid from Carlisle who puts out random messages of his own.."

*Googles how to airdrop nudes to the entire population*

LvM

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By *otBrunetteHimCouple
over a year ago

birmingham

Settings notifications scroll to bottom turn off emergency alerts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My favourite meme around this on twitter;

Random conspiracy theorist.... "does anyone get the feeling there being watched"

CIA....... "They're "

Gets me every time I see it....."

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By *lexanderSupertrampMan
over a year ago

Gourock

OP I hear lining your house with tinfoil will stop the messages

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"OP I hear lining your house with tinfoil will stop the messages

What's wrong with magnets and quartz crystals, then? They also work on most negative vibes, or so I am told by their adherents.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Some Junior doctors are going on strike for four days and government advice is to reduce your risk of ending up in A and E.

That's the sort of shit Tom expects to come through on his phone..

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Maybe when the message "The Russians have landed" comes through, we may want to know, maybe?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Maybe when the message "The Russians have landed" comes through, we may want to know, maybe?"

And what exactly is Tom supposed to do,? Arm himself with a brush. Just one corrupt government for another...

Not interested..

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"Maybe when the message "The Russians have landed" comes through, we may want to know, maybe?

And what exactly is Tom supposed to do,? Arm himself with a brush. Just one corrupt government for another...

Not interested.. "

Maybe run to the underground or head to Westminster as you can guarantee that they will be safe

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