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Boy, 4, Uses Siri To Help Save Mum's Life (bbc.com)
A four-year-old boy saved his mother's life by using her thumb to unlock her iPhone and then asking it to call 999. From a report: Roman, who lives in Kenley, Croydon, south London, used the phone's voice control -- Siri -- to call emergency services. Police and paramedics were sent to the home and were able to give live-saving first aid to his mother.
No, but a 4-year boy may not know that, and presumably you need to unlock the phone for Siri to respond to activation command.
Did you miss the part about it being a 4 year old? They don't always know, or understand, how everything works.
This is a breakthrough, because in the olden days a 4 year old would've been able to simply dial 999 on the rotary phone without having to deal with fingerprint identification or risk getting things wrong with voice commands?
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I know corporate Executives that don't always know, or understand, how everything works.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Definitely not limited to 4 year olds.
Parent's Are Dying Because Children Cannot Call 999 On Locked Smartphones
It seems like one happens more often than the other.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
4 year olds can know numbers and letters.
E.g. "what letter/number is this".
Kids vary wildly at that age in what they have learned though.
UK (and some other parts of the world) slang for mother is Mum...
You joke, but a few weeks ago, there was a little girl who used her mom's fingerprint while mom was sleeping to get into the phone, and then order a whole bunch of toys for herself. So kids already know how to manipulate unconscious parents
You mean that you can use any phone that is able to get a signal to call 911 is somehow a security hole?
No, the fact that you can unlock a phone with the finger of someone unconscious...
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She's either smart to have figured that out or is now very confused about how dads work. Like when your grandma calls your grandad "grandad." What, he's your grandad too? What the hell went on in this family?!
It would have been extra adorable if she'd tried to impersonate your voice when she was talking to the phone.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
You do if it's an iPhone. [...] Apple removed that screen [...] There is no option to place an emergency call on iPhones
No you don't, no they didn't, and yes there is.
Pretend it's an emergency and you're using someone else's iPhone. What's the first thing you'd do after getting the screen to turn on? Try doing that on someone else's iPhone and see what happens.
I'd wager you tried pressing the home button first thing, and, sure enough, if you do that with an iPhone running iOS 9 or iOS 10 you'll see the old unlock screen, including the "Emergency" button that gives you access to the owner's medical info and a keypad to dial out. That screen appears anytime an unregistered finger is used to press the home button. And the reason it doesn't appear for registered fingers (and why you're likely unaware that it was still there) is because there's no need for a special emergency screen when you can already use your registered finger to unlock the entire phone.
The headline came from the UK website. Most Americans are bright enough to figure it out.
Yes. And Siri as well. I'm assuming the little boy did not know that. (At 4 he probably can't read yet)
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