Except for that one time they accidentally sent out the warning to everyone in Hawaii that ballistic missiles were inbound in 30 minutes
Oops 👀
My bad
Comment on Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 day ago
The US has a similar alert system for emergencies and most alerts you see are to look for a number plate because of a recent child abduction:
DancingBear@midwest.social 23 hours ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 day ago
We’ve had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.
But I don’t think we’ll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 day ago
We’ve already got amber alerts here, have for nearly a decade, except for some stupid reason the government did an exclusivity deal with Facebook so you only get them if you use their app.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That’s not really amber alerts then, and I don’t care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it’s a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.