Apple handles these sort of updates on iOS. Google does not have the same ability with Android. Pixel phones might be affected but other manufacturers need to patch and queue up such updates to work with their own flavors of Android. That takes a few days even for critical updates.
Also the EBS messages on your phone are triggered by your cellular provider, not the hardware manufacturer. I would expect AT&T, Verizon, etc. to be the ones refusing to comply, not Apple or Google. Just my 2 pips.
I'm not doubting they CAN do it, just that specifically Android phones would push out such an update as fast as Google would like / require.
On the other hand if your cell carrier refuses to trigger the system altogether, Apple and Google wouldn't have to touch a thing. The mechanism to make that plan work is far simpler and less error prone, too. That could be why the FCC reminder for compliance went out to service providers, even.
I'm just talking logistics as a software and server systems programmer. In any case, denying the public access to EBS messages is a federal crime and depending on the intent it can be escalated to a crime against the federation (treasonous). For good measure do what you can on your device to get around such censorship of the GEOTUS.
Apple handles these sort of updates on iOS. Google does not have the same ability with Android. Pixel phones might be affected but other manufacturers need to patch and queue up such updates to work with their own flavors of Android. That takes a few days even for critical updates.
Also the EBS messages on your phone are triggered by your cellular provider, not the hardware manufacturer. I would expect AT&T, Verizon, etc. to be the ones refusing to comply, not Apple or Google. Just my 2 pips.
I’m pretty sure apple/google can program phones to reject emergency broadcasts
I'm not doubting they CAN do it, just that specifically Android phones would push out such an update as fast as Google would like / require.
On the other hand if your cell carrier refuses to trigger the system altogether, Apple and Google wouldn't have to touch a thing. The mechanism to make that plan work is far simpler and less error prone, too. That could be why the FCC reminder for compliance went out to service providers, even.
I'm just talking logistics as a software and server systems programmer. In any case, denying the public access to EBS messages is a federal crime and depending on the intent it can be escalated to a crime against the federation (treasonous). For good measure do what you can on your device to get around such censorship of the GEOTUS.