This weekend, people will get to experience what it’s like to be in a real-life Black Mirror episode when their phones all collectively sound off with a warning.
The Government will conduct a nationwide test of its new emergency alert service on Sunday afternoon that will see a siren-like alert go off for around 10 seconds on all 4G or 5G equipped phones - even if your phone is set to silent.
The system has good intentions behind it and is being tested as a potential way of informing the public in the future when there is a danger to life nearby, such as floods or wildfires, but there is something slightly dystopian about us all receiving the same siren noise at the very same time, isn’t there?
