Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHaving ICE (In Case of Emergencies) in your phone contacts might give off the wrong impression to people now.message-squaremessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down19
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareHaving ICE (In Case of Emergencies) in your phone contacts might give off the wrong impression to people now.Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoI never understood why people did that, your phone is locked how are they going to see the contact?
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 months agoPhones that are locked can still be used to call 911 and whoever you put in your emergency contact.
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYes, this advice seems out of date now. Maybe your lock screen has an ICE function, otherwise just put it on your lock screen as plain text.
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou can set up emergency information on your phone with contacts and even medical info and address, which doesn’t need to be unlocked in order to view
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou still wouldn’t need ice
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDo people actually call them ICE?
minus-squareReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen I got my first phone in high school, your phone being locked was not a thing(over a decade ago). My parents made me put them a neighbor and a couple relatives in as ICE.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThere’s an emergency call thing for calling 911 (or whatever it is in your region?) or ICE contacts I believe.
I never understood why people did that, your phone is locked how are they going to see the contact?
Phones that are locked can still be used to call 911 and whoever you put in your emergency contact.
Yes, this advice seems out of date now.
Maybe your lock screen has an ICE function, otherwise just put it on your lock screen as plain text.
You can set up emergency information on your phone with contacts and even medical info and address, which doesn’t need to be unlocked in order to view
You still wouldn’t need ice
Do people actually call them ICE?
When I got my first phone in high school, your phone being locked was not a thing(over a decade ago). My parents made me put them a neighbor and a couple relatives in as ICE.
There’s an emergency call thing for calling 911 (or whatever it is in your region?) or ICE contacts I believe.