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BobisaMiner t1_j02qo3a wrote

Yeah, I'm sure it was the crash detection and not the fact that his wife suddenly screamed while driving and the conversation stopped suddenly. And it wasn't a matter of life and death, the crash was light according to the article.

>He was on a phone call with her when he heard her scream — and the line went dead.

from the article.

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ProtoplanetaryNebula t1_j02qzvv wrote

It would have still been the crash detection guiding him to the GPS location of the crash.

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FireLucid t1_j04jbvk wrote

The crash detection also sends GPS deets to someone? I hadn't heard that.

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ProtoplanetaryNebula t1_j04jqfm wrote

It sends GPS location to emergency services and your emergency contacts, otherwise what would be the point? “Your wife has crashed, somewhere on planet earth. Good luck!”

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FireLucid t1_j04la78 wrote

I mean, yes of course to emergency services, didn't know about the emergency contacts.

To be fair, I didn't really look into the details of how Apple did it since Google did this a few years ago (I have a Pixel). I completely forgot about the emergency contacts bit. Just checked and I have it set up with my wife already. Oops.

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ProtoplanetaryNebula t1_j04lo6x wrote

How long before we hear about the first idiot who sets his iPhone to send a crash notification out to his wife and his mistress?

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