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Discussion Thread 🧶 Monday 27 July 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I keep my old phone charged without a sim as a spare google device, it also went beep.

[–] mertn22@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is very scary. The only explanation I can thing of is that govt. colluded with google to hack your phone over wifi.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nah, the phone can still make emergency calls, the 2pm beep test was on the emergency network. Part of the reason for the warning for people with secret phones.