People are claiming online that the Emergency Alert service test planned for April will access your personal details. That’s not how it works. Nearby cell towers broadcast the message to all connected devices. The alert won’t access your data.
will appear on devices that use 4G or 5G networks and will appear as a notification and loud siren-like sound for up to 10 seconds.The alert will not be a message that needs to be replied to, but a notification that will need to be acknowledged before you can keep using your phone.: “It will appear on your device's home screen and you must acknowledge it before you can use other features.
The Cabinet Office confirmed to Full Fact that phone calls won’t go to voicemail if you haven’t acknowledged the alert and the alert won’t stop a phone call in progress. Other notifications will also still come through to your phone. However, in order to answer a call or view notifications, you will need to acknowledge the alert., all cell towers in the area concerned will broadcast the alert to connected devices. The government doesn’t need to know your location or phone number to do this.
Misinformation about what data is being collected may lead to unnecessary alarm, and in this case, may cause people to
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