I left my phone where I work and I needed a #. I asked a coworker to gain access. An 'I need help' text alert was sent to one of my groups and I recieved the same message from one of them. It was sent 20 minutes before it was discovered. Upon frantically calling to find out what kind of help was needed, I found that it was bogus. It was unnerving, to say the least. Aside from shutting it off, what can be done to correct this?
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1Don't let your co-workers, or anyone else, unlock or even gain physical access to your phone is the solution. Otherwise I am not sure exactly what you are asking... What is it you want to correct? – acejavelin Jun 29 '19 at 11:45
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2From this blog and this question on Security.SE, looks like an emergency/panic feature on some Android phones by pressing the home/power button 3 times. However, I don't know if it can be disabled or not. – Andrew T. Jun 29 '19 at 12:39
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https://uxdesign.cc/samsungs-send-sos-messages-is-flawed-43e6a633fe4 – alecxs May 21 '21 at 18:59