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Telaneotoday at 12:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Wireless alerts are completely optional since GrapheneOS adds a toggle for the otherwise mandatory presidential alert type. This is particularly useful in Canada where the government abuses the system and sends every type of alert as a presidential alert to stop users from being able to opt out of weather and amber alerts.

https://grapheneos.org/features#other-features


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EmbarrassedHelptoday at 3:07 AM

I wonder if GrapheneOS or someone modifying it could add a feature that would filter with keyword matching or something to determine what priority an alter should actually be.

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wolvoleotoday at 1:11 AM

Umm Canada doesn't even have a president, lol. But pretty nasty to use that feature as an override yeah.

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