I just got a notification on my phone to update the operating system to Android 15. It includes a feature to allow the phone to send and receive texts over satellite when cell towers aren't available.
Do you think this has anything to do with Big Voice or the EAS? Supposedly, Musk and SpaceX have a hand in this.
Also, is it a good thing or a bad thing to allow satellites to access my phone? I can't help but think about the Israeli exploding pagers.
Exploding pagers and phones were specifically built with explosives added to the batteries at manufacturing. There is zero concern that normal phones or pagers could explode.
Yeah, I have zero concern about "explosives in my phone"... but I do wonder if when a text is sent via satellite, does it incur extra charges on my phone bill?
The cost is built into the previous hidden charges you're already paying for.