[HN Gopher] Emergency SOS on Your iPhone
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Emergency SOS on Your iPhone
Author : tosh
Score : 15 points
Date : 2021-08-03 20:23 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| threatofrain wrote:
| > (In India, you only need to press the button three times, then
| your iPhone will call emergency services automatically.)
|
| Curious. Why the difference?
| nielsbot wrote:
| Seems to be a law since 2017
|
| https://9to5mac.com/2016/04/26/indian-government-will-requir...
| pushcx wrote:
| A non-obvious convenience is that triggering this (with or
| without auto-call), it disables Face ID. It's an easy and subtle
| gesture if you're in a situation where someone might activate
| Face ID without your permission, like a theft.
| cyral wrote:
| Note that you don't need to actually trigger emergency SOS to
| make this happen, just holding down the buttons to show the
| power off/restart/emergency screen is enough to disable face
| ID.
| gnicholas wrote:
| Or TSA or other law enforcement. In the US, you cannot be
| compelled to give your password (compelled speech), but the law
| is less clear on biometrics. Some courts have treated
| thumbprints like speech, but higher courts have not yet weighed
| in. The one sure thing is that passcodes are speech and cannot
| be compelled.
| demarq wrote:
| Genuinely curious why this is on hacker news?
| runjake wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
|
| TL;DR: If you feel its not appropriate for HN, flag it and move
| on.
| dwrowe wrote:
| I think this response assumes snark in the post - since
| emergency calling has been around and is a feature of the
| phone - has something notable happened that would bubble this
| up. I don't believe the intent was to assume this didn't
| belong - but a request for more context on why it was being
| posted / voted up.
| [deleted]
| Arnavion wrote:
| It's useful to know.
|
| The phone I have right now doesn't have such a feature. I've
| idly wondered whether it's in breach of some law because of
| that.
| abotsis wrote:
| PSA: Careful when adjusting your volume while your wearing
| headphones (without a mic), while your phone is in your pocket by
| squeezing the sizes of your phone. There's nothing more stressful
| than trying to pull over on the shoulder, get your helmet and
| gloves off, while a 911 dispatcher is repeatedly asking if you're
| ok and need help.
| themodelplumber wrote:
| PSA follow-up: Tried something like Chubby Buttons?
| gnicholas wrote:
| For sure. This happened to me while I was driving and had an
| Airpod in my ear. I was able to hang up before the 911
| dispatcher picked up, but they immediately called back to make
| sure I was OK. Glad to know they're so diligent!
| ericbarrett wrote:
| I was taught as a kid (80s) that if you accidentally dial
| 911, stay on the line and tell the dispatcher it was a
| misdial. This saves them the callback time; the person you're
| talking to is often the same one on the radio to
| fire/police/medical, especially in less populated areas.
| cyral wrote:
| I had it accidentally enabled on a roller-coaster myself. Both
| my friend and I had zipper pockets so we could bring lose items
| and a particular rocking motion managed to trigger it on both
| of our phones. Didn't realize until after we were off and the
| local police dept was trying to call back. I always wondered
| after that how often that happened per day.
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