The loud noise of the emergency alert could reveal a domestic violence survivor's phone to their abuser, with charities saying the test could put people at risk. Here's how to turn off the alert.
charities are concerned the alert could let abusers discover secret phones survivors are keeping hidden.
Survivors may have a secondary phone as some abusers confiscate or control their primary mode of contact.Women's Aid and Refuge have issued advice about how to turn the alerts off.emergency alertA message will pop up along with a sound and vibration that will stop automatically after 10 seconds. On iPhones and Android phones and tablets, people can search settings for"emergency alerts" and turn off"severe alerts" and"emergency alerts".On Huawei devices running EMUI 11 or older, search settings for"emergency alerts" and turn off"extreme threats","severe threats", and"show amber alerts".talking through the steps of turning off emergency alerts for both iPhone and Android devices.
No personal information - such as telephone numbers, identity or location - is collected by sending the alerts.
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