Today I was about to place a call to a contact when I noticed they have emergency contact status. See attached photo. Says emergency contact and there’s a red asterisk.
I never set up emergency contacts. Does anyone know how this can happen on its own? Is it a known issue or perhaps virus?
iOS 18.7.1. Standard iPhone 14 not jailbroken.
Thanks in advance
LeLocker wrote:
Thanks but do you know if there’s another way it was added? I don’t recall setting up medical id. My concern is if it may be a virus either.
Unless your iPhone is jailbroken, there are NO KNOWN viruses for iPhone. It would hardly seem worthwhile, even if there was a known virus for one to add Emergency Contact status to a contact. While can't tell you how this happened (it could have been nothing more nefarious than you accidentally tapping Emergency Contact on their card), LD150 provided a link which explains how to add an emergency contact, which you can use to remove their emergency contact status if you want.
LeLocker wrote:
Thanks but do you know if there’s another way it was added? I don’t recall setting up medical id. My concern is if it may be a virus either.
Unless your iPhone is jailbroken, there are NO KNOWN viruses for iPhone. It would hardly seem worthwhile, even if there was a known virus for one to add Emergency Contact status to a contact. While can't tell you how this happened (it could have been nothing more nefarious than you accidentally tapping Emergency Contact on their card), LD150 provided a link which explains how to add an emergency contact, which you can use to remove their emergency contact status if you want.
Edit your emergency contacts
Set up your Medical ID in the Health app on your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)
Thanks but do you know if there’s another way it was added? I don’t recall setting up medical id. My concern is if it may be a virus either.
Contact suddenly has emergency contact status
