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Title: Apple adds secure emergency location features to get ahead of smartphones' 911 problems Post by: HCK on June 21, 2018, 04:05:13 pm Apple adds secure emergency location features to get ahead of smartphones' 911 problems
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple made a big deal about our digital well-being (https://www.macworld.com/article/3278585/ios/apple-smartphone-addiction-ios-12.html) when it unveiled iOS 12 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3252034/ios/ios-12-features-release-date-and-how-to-install.html) at WWDC, but there’s one feature it didn't discuss that could have even greater life-saving benefits.</p><p>In a <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/06/apple-ios-12-securely-and-automatically-shares-emergency-location-with-911/" rel="nofollow">press release Monday[/url], the company outlined how iPhones running iOS 12 will be able to share location data automatically and securely with first responders when you dial 911. Apple says this will help reduce emergency response times by providing faster and more accurate information that circumvents “outdated, landline-era infrastructure.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3280992/ios/apple-adds-secure-emergency-location-911-features.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple adds secure emergency location features to get ahead of smartphones' 911 problems (https://www.macworld.com/article/3280992/ios/apple-adds-secure-emergency-location-911-features.html#tk.rss_all) |