Editing Enhanced 911 (section)

== Cultural references ==
After a national test of [[Wireless Emergency Alerts]] (live since 2012) on 3 October 2018, a number of [[Wireless Emergency Alerts#National periodic tests|rumours and false statements]] spread on [[social media]]. Among them a [[Twitter|tweet]] by [[John McAfee]] that went [[Viral phenomenon|viral]], in which McAfee claimed that the "Presidential alert" involved the E911 system, and that smartphones have a "E911 chip" capable of giving the government access to the phone's location and microphone.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-06|title=The presidential text alert system is rife for conspiracy theories|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wireless-emergency-alert-conspiracy-theories/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-10-05|title=John McAfee's Presidential Alert Tweet on E911 Chip Explained!|url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/john-mcafee-presidential-alert-tweet-e911-chip/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Earn The Necklace|language=en}}</ref> The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] reported that there is "no such thing as an E911 chip".<ref name=":2" /> Fact-checking website [[Snopes]] stated that "WEA messages are not [related] to E911 functions".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kasprak|first=Alex|date=5 October 2018|title=Do Presidential Alerts Give the Government Total Access to Your Phone?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/presidential-alerts-control-phones/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=[[Snopes.com]]|language=en-US}}</ref>