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Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There may be lots of problems with emergencies all over the world, but dialing the actual number isn’t one of them.

well, there's a couple benefits i can see to a quick-dial: in an emergency situation time is of the essence and you want as little hassle as possible in reaching emergency services. maybe for some reason you can't dial well, or at all--maybe you're panicking and a shortcut button gives you a less entropic way of calling emergency services.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Or a situation where you’re in danger and taking your phone out of your pocket isn’t an option.