Apple devices are butt dialing 911 from its refurbishing facility – 20 times per day

Apple devices are butt dialing 911 from its refurbishing facility – 20 times per day

6 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/22/apple-devices-are-butt-dialing-911-from-its-refurbishing-facility-20-times-per-day/

Since October, emergency responders in Elk Grove and Sacramento County, California have received over 1,600 false alarm 911 calls coming from an Apple repair and refurbishing site in the area.

It’s not clear if the calls are coming from Apple’s iPhones or Watches but each time a call originates out of the Elk Grove facility, there’s no one on the other end of the line and it’s gumming up the emergency response system in the area, draining resources and possibly slowing down response teams in actual emergencies.