Government Emergency alert on your phone

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So, am I alone in seeing right through this announcement ?
Threat for what ?
Nothing other than propaganda.

What the tories want is to distract us all (decently clever if not evil) from a crumbling NHS, police force that’s over stretched and in effective because of their underfunding, doctors on strike, brexit making us poorer, extortionate food prices, food banks expanding.

Make no mistake, when you take a step back, look around at the challenges the country faces ; CREATED BY TORY POLITICAL CHOICES…..
Is there any wonder that their advisers (who are clever) are looking creatively at how to scare and distract the ‘people’ as the election draws closer.

Go into your phone settings, notifications and switch both on them off, they are at the bottom.

This thread was as a result of the missus saying to me this morning, what threats do you think we need to be aware of: I can’t think of any other than a nuclear one (see how they are getting people to look at and think about these things rather than the real issues)

The new Tory tactic; look over here….don’t look at that though (NHS, education failing, energy companies making billions etc etc)

I see right through these evil Tories. I hope you are too & most importantly spreading the word and making people aware of what’s going on.
 
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I read about this the other day, there’s something about it I don’t like or want but I can’t put my finger on it. They say it’s so they can warn us about life threatening events such as floods - in case we fail to notice it’s been pi55ing down for days.

I don’t know - imagine if it was in place during the pandemic, we’d have Boris popping up every day telling us not to have parties or drive to Barnard Castle.
 
We have it over here, they test it every so often. Can't disable it as it's used for civil defense alerts for earthquake and tsunamis etc.
 
Hmm, e.g. the dam burst and lots of people died, it’s not our fault for not maintaining it, but your fault for not running away when we told you we’d seen the crack in it.

Or

Motorcyclist crashes after clipping massive pothole. His fault for not heeding councils warning notice to avoid potholes on badly maintained roads.

Was there a demand for this system? How much did it cost and who awarded and who won the contract.
 
So, am I alone in seeing right through this announcement ?
Threat for what ?
Nothing other than propaganda.

What the tories want is to distract us all (decently clever if not evil) from a crumbling NHS, police force that’s over stretched and in effective because of their underfunding, doctors on strike, brexit making us poorer, extortionate food prices, food banks expanding.

Make no mistake, when you take a step back, look around at the challenges the country faces ; CREATED BY TORY POLITICAL CHOICES…..
Is there any wonder that their advisers (who are clever) are looking creatively at how to scare and distract the ‘people’ as the election draws closer.

Go into your phone settings, notifications and switch both on them off, they are at the bottom.

This thread was as a result of the missus saying to me this morning, what threats do you think we need to be aware of: I can’t think of any other than a nuclear one (see how they are getting people to look at and think about these things rather than the real issues)

The new Tory tactic; look over here….don’t look at that though (NHS, education failing, energy companies making billions etc etc)

I see right through these evil Tories. I hope you are too & most importantly spreading the word and making people aware of what’s going on.
You sound a bit paranoid mate to be honest!
 
Flippin eck the worse thing I thought was they a practicing for when Putin decides to blow the world up and this is the equivalent of the 80s 5 minute warning. Not for one minute did I think it was for the government to send out subliminal messages saying Love Tory, Hate Labour
 
When it was described on sky news the other day they said you have to acknowledge receipt of the message or you would be unable to use other functions on your phone. That sounds a bit Draconian and doesn't sit well with me.
By all means advise people of an emergency but they can choose what to do with that information.
Not sure I want the government (of whatever colour) to have the ability to disable all smart phones.
 
The first message has just come through on my phone. Take your tin foil hats off, as there is othing untoward here. Just FYI it read:

THIS IS JUST A GOVERNMENT TEST (Vote Rishi). PRESS OK TO ACKNOWLEDGE (Labour Sucks)
 
Yes, I can imagine on election day alerts going out to all labour voter's phones telling them to stay indoor due to the zombie apocalypse.
 
Flippin eck the worse thing I thought was they a practicing for when Putin decides to blow the world up and this is the equivalent of the 80s 5 minute warning. Not for one minute did I think it was for the government to send out subliminal messages saying Love Tory, Hate Labour
There is absolutely zero need for something like this in our country. Zero, zilch reason so why ?
Doesn’t anyone remember the brexit shenanigans ?
Lie after lie and this ultra right wing government (own up to yourselves that we have a very extreme right wing government) will stoop as low as it takes to keep power and feed their paymasters, banks, big corporate donors….

Because the Tories need distractions (for the not so bright red wallers and middle england who aren’t very morally bright) this mechanism is so not needed it could be hilarious but there’s a method in the madness of these right wing nut jobs
 
There is absolutely zero need for something like this in our country. Zero, zilch reason so why ?
Doesn’t anyone remember the brexit shenanigans ?
Lie after lie and this ultra right wing government (own up to yourselves that we have a very extreme right wing government) will stoop as low as it takes to keep power and feed their paymasters, banks, big corporate donors….

Because the Tories need distractions (for the red walkers and middle england who aren’t very morally bright) this mechanism is so not needed it could be hilarious but there’s a method in the madness of these right wing nut jobs
Most if not all nations have it. If for some reason Russia attempted to invade or if there was a natural disaster abound you would receive notification and advice. Take the tin foil hat off footy let’s.
 
Not sure it’s anything to do with the tories distraction tactics. And if you think the government and other big business can’t already access your mobile phone then you are deluded. In my mind if Mark Zuckerberg feels the need to tape over his web camera on his devices then I think we all need to.
 
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