Technology
Samsung spams random users with bogus ‘Find My Mobile’ notification
Samsung users are freaking out over an odd “Find My Mobile” notification, seemingly sent out to them out of nowhere.
Mobile tech YouTuber Michael Fisher described it in a tweet, saying he and his girlfriend got the same alert, its text consisting of a single number “1”.
Huh. Girlfriend and I just had exactly the same Samsung push notification: her Note 10+ and my Galaxy Z Flip each alerted with a Find My Mobile notification. When tapped, it disappeared. Different Samsung accounts on each phone.
Theories? pic.twitter.com/0NgVCWAjBe
— Michael Fisher (@theMrMobile) February 20, 2020
The notification seems to have been a one time thing, sent to numerous (and various) Samsung phones, but it is disconcerting to receive something like this, especially since “Find My Mobile” is typically used to locate misplaced or stolen devices.
Some info about the notification comes from a Samsung Care Ambassador (via SamMobile), which told engineer Rafael Rivera that this “some test on Samsung’s end to assure services are working.”
Samsung Care Ambassador: “From what I can tell, this is a some test on Samsung’s end to assure services are working. U expect Samsung will make an official statement explaining but I want to mention it now to hopefully put some of you at ease.”
Feels like we’re in good hands. /s
— Rafael Rivera (@WithinRafael) February 20, 2020
This may be so, but it’s still odd from Samsung to blast random phones with a notification like this and provide no context or explanation.
We’ve contacted Samsung about this and will update the article when we find out more.
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