Apple devices overwhelming ski area 911 call centers

[urungus]

‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’ (Published 2023)

Dispatchers for 911 are being inundated with false, automated distress calls from Apple devices owned by skiers who are very much alive.

www.nytimes.com

 

[machski]

Not just Apple. My Android phone somehow switched on the active accident detection and blasting through the crust last Thursday, dialed 911 on me 3 times before I just shut the damn thing off the balance of the day. Figured out what happened later that afternoon and deactivated all that crap.

 

[BodeMiller1]

The machines are too smart for our good. False 911 calls are criminal everywhere I know of.

 

[2planks2coasts]

Not just Apple. My Android phone somehow switched on the active accident detection and blasting through the crust last Thursday, dialed 911 on me 3 times before I just shut the damn thing off the balance of the day. Figured out what happened later that afternoon and deactivated all that crap.

"I'm sorry Dave but I'm afraid I can't do that."