Sorry, but you don’t seem like you want a solution. You want something to complain about.
Some of us are activists. It is our duty expose incompetence. The question is, why would have it covered up?
Of course the reason I was looking into how to test 911 is because I actually fucking need to test it you asshole!
and it will be fine.
Citation needed that there will be no fine to pay. Why not do a bit of research before making such claims? Quick search for false 911 call should flood your search results with fines, like $316 in Los Angeles.
South Carolina: misdemeanor. The penalties can include up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $200, or both.
It’s only an illegit 911 call if you call them for fun or if you test so often it can no longer be considered necessary.
Citation needed.
When attackers notice their victim making a distress call, they obviously convince them to back off and say the call was an accident. Emergency dispatchers will send help anyway to ensure coersion is not the case.
That’s a dicey hack. Maybe you could get away with it but you should know that there are typically fines for placing illegit 911 calls because they get enough false calls to have in place a system that automatically charges whatever the fine is. Was $50 for the 1st offense decades ago IIRC.. likely higher now.
Gotta reference? Or can you elaborate? At the moment, I have a VOIP phone I need to test (as normal calls are blocked).
To be clear, it’s more about testing the phone network and services, not the hardware or software you use to dial numbers. I know my device on my side of the transaction functions fine.
Website enshitified. Had to use lynx to see the text for more than 1 second:
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Timing is important with clapping. No mention of what happened just before Lux clapped.
Enshitified website says: “Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker”
The NY Times used to have an onion that was not so restricted:
https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/
But it’s down.
Would someone plz post the text of this article? Or an alternate source?
A test number would suffice in some situations. When an incompetent VOIP provider takes an action to block calls “for security purposes”, they cannot legally block /all/ calls. 911 calls must be permitted. I do not trust their competency. And 911 test calls would obviously require the same status. If their call blocking allows a 911 test number through, it proves that their blockade is not a simple crude block on /everything/.
A test number would not be the only solution. With some services you can set the CID to whatever you want. So in principle a CID of 555-1212 could have special meaning to 911 receiptionists. So a tester would set the CID info to that number before calling 911.
911 is not always instantly answered by humans. When answered by a machine, there could be a cancel code. E.g. dial “119” after connecting to cancel it.
Sure, if you need that extra level of certainty.