Google failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severity

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And why does Google manage that and not the government utilizing public standards mandated for both android and iOS?

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  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, I read this the opposite way. 469 people were warned by Google after their government failed to warn them. It’s not Google’s job to track and warn people about earthquakes, their job is to make sure their alert system accepts government warnings, which to my knowledge works just fine.

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• captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is Google solely responsible for earthquake notifications? For a system they describe as a safety net it’s pretty concerning it’s being relied on so much.

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• Mora@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Google may have had a moral responsibility to share information if they possessed it, but ultimately, isn’t it the government’s duty to warn its citizens about such disasters? After all, they are the ones responsible for the safety of the people they govern.

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• dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So is this just something Google does or are they under some sort of contract or law?

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  • Cyclist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s a free app built into Android phones. It can detect seismic waves, which are different than say a truck driving by. These waves are automatically reported, and if enough of these reports are made Google sends out a warning. This is free and is still being developed, this headline sucks.

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• Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Maybe we should arrest the scientist like they did in Sweden (?).

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