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[โ€“] kudra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah - way to alert my spidey senses, where the fuck does this come from, is it from fucking US servers through Palantir or some shit? Is there info on how exactly it operates anywhere??

[โ€“] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

It's effectively an SMS message from the cell tower to every device that can receive the signal (Whereas an SMS message is addressed to a specific device), it's been a part of the relevant radio specs since the 90s, we're just slow to adopt it as usual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast

Any outside party involvement would be due to outsourcing, nothing inherent to the technology.