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by tzs 1269 days ago
Since a false positive generally causes much less harm than missing a true positive making no false positives a requirement is generally a terrible idea.
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As I mentioned in another post, Apple shouldn’t be farming out the determination to emergency services. They can provide an intermediary to determine the severity. The situation is such that a phone or watch does not have enough information to properly evaluate a situation as an emergency or not.
This really depends on how many of false calls happen. There is a point at which these start being detrimental.