U.S. test of national alerts on Oct. 4 at 2:20pm EDT (1820 UTC)

Wed Oct 4 18:29:39 UTC 2023

My watch went off.  scared the beejeebus out of me

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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+bkain1=ford.com at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Sabri Berisha
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To: Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com>
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Subject: Re: U.S. test of national alerts on Oct. 4 at 2:20pm EDT (1820 UTC)

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----- On Oct 1, 2023, at 3:24 PM, Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com wrote:

Hi,

> This year's test of the U.S. national emergency alert includes 
> something for ISPs and network operators.

So, this "worked". Despite me ensuring that my settings for Amber Alerts, Emergency Alerts, Public Safety Alerts, and Test Alerts are all off, my phone went nuts.

Makes me wonder what I have to do to opt out of this. We all remember what happened in Hawaii.

Thanks,

Sabri