@dwm
Er, what? 🤔
I'm just posting what is on the government website.

If it doesn't work then that will be in accordance with several posts I've done over the years about the government being fucking liars. 👍

@miguelpergamon This is based on part on the section above which reads, "Most mobile phones and tablets will not get an operator test alert."

Hence why I'm uncertain whether disabling operator alerts on a device will prevent it from sounding this weekend.

@dwm
I think those are questions and concerns for the government. As someone targeted (or at least ignored) by government officials, I'm not the one who can answer them.

The phrasing in this page on their website is that gov & operators run tests of the emergency alert system. The opt-out is within the text of the advice on that page.

You could always contact them to find out what they intended and then tell me of their response.

@miguelpergamon

I'm not asking the government, I'm asking you.

Your posting advises people how to disable *operator* alert messages. That is not useful for most people, because hardly any devices are set up to act on them.

Therefore, someone following your advice to prevent their phone from sounding an alarm tomorrow will find it ineffective.

The correct advice to follow to manage emergency alerts, such as the test alert scheduled for tomorrow, is on this page:

https://www.gov.uk/alerts/opting-out

@miguelpergamon You have linked to and screenshotted the wrong page, and are offering the wrong advice, for anyone wishing to suppress the emergency alert scheduled for tomorrow in the UK.

I thought you might want to know.

@dwm
I think you are having a major conniption fit.

Do the pages that I screenshotted also contain all the same information that "your" preferred link has?