Great... now Siri is getting in on SWATting?

Really interesting premise. While mostly speculation, it sounds like something caused Siri to dial emergency services (maybe shock activated, maybe erroneous pressing on the screen), and the operator heard the gym trainer saying something along the lines of "good shot", which prompted the operator to assume it was an active shooting situation.

Headline is misleading as hell.

Someone accidentally triggered Siri while calling out boxing strats. They were saying 1-1-2 (instead of like left left right or right right left) which happens to be Australias version of 911.

Siri thus started calling 112 and overhearing the conversation in the background where shot was used in relation to punches and the cops overreacted.

> They were saying 1-1-2 (instead of like left left right or right right left) which happens to be Australias version of 911

Australia's emergency number is 000. 112 is an international standard that forwards to 000.

I’m actually impressed, this is a pretty decent functionality even if it misfired.

Aww classic siri always pulling pranks

Unless you're disabled, leave voice assistant off. You have time to type things out. You don't need a robot mommy. She's probably a fed anyway

> Unless you're disabled, leave voice assistant off.

You have a very limited understanding of accessibility. It's not just for the disabled. What about a mother holding a baby, or someone with a broken arm, or someone carrying something heavy, or someone driving, or someone with dirty hands, or someone in a hurry, or someone being jostled in a crowded place?

Leave the voice assistant on and let it help when you need it.

000 seems way too easy to accidentally dial… and why does 112 forward to 000?? Do other numbers also forward to 000?

I’m so confused.

Typing on my Apple Watch is a bitch… I just use voice.

I actually got an Apple Watch for the fitness, health and sleep apps & tracking. It really works.. I have significantly improved my fitness with the Apple Watch. Highly recommend it.

Triple zero is easy to remember and, as far as I'm aware, there's no particular problems with accidental dialling. 112 forwards to 000 because it is an international standard that arrived long after 000. It's so travellers only need to know one number and their call will be forwarded to 911, 000, 999 or whatever depending on the country.

So if I dial 112 here, it would forward to 911 because that’s our emergency number? Wild, I never heard of that before.

Good thing this didn't happen in America, or there'd be a lot of dead gym rats.

Hopefully? I mean, that's the theory. Maybe Google it to be sure.

I’m in Canada and looks like we have adopted that standard.

Says it’s available in some parts of USA by some carriers. Typical USA! Lol

Honestly, as a former 911 operator, how would you actually want them to react in case it was a real situation?

It’s better to err on the side of caution. And now we learned a feature of Siri to pay attention to.

Yes, with cell phones only if you dial any of the emergency numbers the phone will connect you with emergency dispatch.

That way if you’re in Timbuktu you can still get ahold of police without knowing their emergency phone number as a tourist.

How is the headline misleading? Just because Siri along with the trainer caused the false alarm? And not just Siri itself? Doesn’t really seem that misleading lol. It’s pretty much what I was expecting when I went to read the article. What I was expecting from the headline was that someone’s apple product accidentally dialed emergency services, and the sounds of the machines and weights clanking around somehow sounded like gunshots to the operator. So not too far off.

Cops are a waste of money

So not misleading at all then…

I was thinking thee same thing.

“I don’t put on all of this body armor for nothing! Somebody’s getting shot today. Did you just brush your hair out of your eyes?! Threatening gesture!” Blam blam blam blam

What kind of arrested development nonsense is this?

No it’s not

Maybe? You can dial 911 in Australia and you'll get forwarded to the 000 emergency number.

In fact, if you're overseas and have an emergency and don't know the local number 911 is probably a pretty good try because it's so well known the local system may automatically redirect you.

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