alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoAndroid’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false callsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12cross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkAndroid’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false callsarstechnica.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoA dumbass cousin of mine shot himself while all alone. It took him about 10minutes to call 911 because the blood on his fingers made it hard to use a touch screen. Knowing about the shortcut would surely have helped.
minus-squarecosmic_skilletlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, exactly. Bloody fingers don’t work very well on fingerprint sensors and touchscreens
A dumbass cousin of mine shot himself while all alone. It took him about 10minutes to call 911 because the blood on his fingers made it hard to use a touch screen. Knowing about the shortcut would surely have helped.
Yeah, exactly. Bloody fingers don’t work very well on fingerprint sensors and touchscreens