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Presidential Alerts on Your Cell Phone

Should you be required to receive presidential alerts on your cell phone?

  • Yes, information is good

    Votes: 3 10.3%

  • No, should be allowed to opt out

    Votes: 26 89.7%

  • Maybe/don't know

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    29
I don't see why it needs to be mandatory on your phone. News will be on the radio, the television, the internet. Why does it have to come to your phone too?
 
Josie said:
I don't see why it needs to be mandatory on your phone. News will be on the radio, the television, the internet. Why does it have to come to your phone too?
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You don't want to know if there is a terrorist attack in your local?

I do.
 
Kanstantine said:
You don't want to know if there is a terrorist attack in your local?

I do.
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Huh? How would I NOT know that? It would be all over the TV, internet, radio...everyone would be talking about it.
 
Josie said:
Huh? How would I NOT know that? It would be all over the TV, internet, radio...everyone would be talking about it.
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Everyone would know within the first 30 minutes? Not likely.
 
i don't really have a problem with it, as it's probably going to only be used to tell me that i'm about to die in some terrible event. i doubt that it will be used to send me coupons for Burger King or spam. if it is used as a political tool, though, i'm absolutely against it.

i'm assuming it's for national alerts, and given this, i'm ok with it.
 
Helix said:
i don't really have a problem with it, as it's probably going to only be used to tell me that i'm about to die in some terrible event. i doubt that it will be used to send me coupons for Burger King or spam. if it is used as a political tool, though, i'm absolutely against it.

i'm assuming it's for national alerts, and given this, i'm ok with it.
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Its fun to lampoon the paranoia of the right wing hackosphere, but all fun aside I'm confident these alerts will only be used for true emergencies that affect the lives of you and your loved ones.
 
Helix said:
i don't really have a problem with it, as it's probably going to only be used to tell me that i'm about to die in some terrible event. i doubt that it will be used to send me coupons for Burger King or spam. if it is used as a political tool, though, i'm absolutely against it.

i'm assuming it's for national alerts, and given this, i'm ok with it.
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What the WH considers important and what you consider important is probably separated by a pretty large bridge. They have urgency often where no urgency is needed.
 
Gipper said:
What the WH considers important and what you consider important is probably separated by a pretty large bridge. They have urgency often where no urgency is needed.
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You think the Oval Office will be sending you daily SMS messages about how many millimeters the sea has risen each day?

:lol:
 
Kanstantine said:
You think the Oval Office will be sending you daily SMS messages about how many millimeters the sea has risen each day?

:lol:
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Okay, let me come at it this way - in the last 6 months (this calendar year), what incidents do you deem important enough to mandate sending texts to every last American with a smartphone?
 
Gipper said:
Okay, let me come at it this way - in the last 6 months (this calendar year), what incidents do you deem important enough to mandate sending texts to every last American with a smartphone?
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The people of Boston should have received an SMS alert to stay off the streets after the Marathon bombings.

You are under the failed impression that these emergency alerts can't be localized.

You know, cause, Obama never heard of area codes.

:lol:
 
Gipper said:
Okay, let me come at it this way - in the last 6 months (this calendar year), what incidents do you deem important enough to mandate sending texts to every last American with a smartphone?
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It's not necessarily sent to every last American. It's sent depending upon geographic area. The Batman shooting...the Boston terrorists...Sandy Hook...
 
Kanstantine said:
The people of Boston should have received an SMS alert to stay off the streets after the Marathon bombings.

You are under the failed impression that these emergency alerts can't be localized.

You know, cause, Obama never heard of area codes.

:lol:
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Very well, I agree with the Boston bombings (as well as the geographic limitations).

Assuming that is the only thing you'd be good with, I'm fine with it. Of course, for something like that I wouldn't even expect Washington to even be involved. They could just make it to where your local emergency centers can send it.

I just don't want some text saying "BENGHAZI!" like it's going to affect my day.
 
Kanstantine said:
The people of Boston should have received an SMS alert to stay off the streets after the Marathon bombings.

You are under the failed impression that these emergency alerts can't be localized.

You know, cause, Obama never heard of area codes.

:lol:
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Area what?
 
X Factor said:
AT&T Wireless Rolling Out Forced President Obama Alerts For iPhone Users

I've got an iPhone and I looked at my settings and sure enough, Amber and Emergency alerts are enabled. I could turn them off (I haven't) but my understanding is the presidential alerts cannot be disabled. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Seems I should have the option to disable any notification I want.

What do you think. Should you be required to receive presidential alerts on your phone whether you want to or not? Options will be yes, no, and I don't know/maybe.

Working on poll right now.
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Sounds like a stupid waste of code. If a national emergency worthy of public attention happens, you don't need the alert sent to your phone. You will hear about it. Even a crazed shut-in like me will ****ing hear about it, because people never shut up.
 
X Factor said:
AT&T Wireless Rolling Out Forced President Obama Alerts For iPhone Users

I've got an iPhone and I looked at my settings and sure enough, Amber and Emergency alerts are enabled. I could turn them off (I haven't) but my understanding is the presidential alerts cannot be disabled. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Seems I should have the option to disable any notification I want.

What do you think. Should you be required to receive presidential alerts on your phone whether you want to or not? Options will be yes, no, and I don't know/maybe.

Working on poll right now.
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Of course, by the time they actually figure out what is really going on, and then pare reality down into non-classified bites for the unclassified rabble (the rest of us peons), we will already be dead.

I'll pass.
 
X Factor said:
I prefer a smart phone that actually, y'know, works. :2razz:
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That's why I've always gone with an Android device ;)

Sorry, I'm just giving the iPhone a hard time. In my family we are divided with my brother and sister having iPhones and me and my parents having Android phones.
 
Gipper said:
Very well, I agree with the Boston bombings (as well as the geographic limitations).

Assuming that is the only thing you'd be good with, I'm fine with it. Of course, for something like that I wouldn't even expect Washington to even be involved. They could just make it to where your local emergency centers can send it.

I just don't want some text saying "BENGHAZI!" like it's going to affect my day.
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Don't worry, Obama will not be sending you SMS messages listing his favorite colors and flavors of ice ceam.
 
I think cell phone owners should have the capacity to disable both alerts if they wish. That said, if I had a cell phone with those alert apps, I probably wouldn't bother disabling them... unless they were used as propaganda/political tools. Then I'd not only disable them, I'd write some pretty pissy letters to my government representatives!
 
DiAnna said:
I think cell phone owners should have the capacity to disable both alerts if they wish. That said, if I had a cell phone with those alert apps, I probably wouldn't bother disabling them... unless they were used as propaganda/political tools. Then I'd not only disable them, I'd write some pretty pissy letters to my government representatives!
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We should be able to disable such alerts.

I agree.
 
Henrin said:
Why does the government need to tell me this?
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I look into this, made some phone calls, and finally worked it out so that YOUR personal cellphone will not receive any emergency alerts from the government. But you will still get daily alerts about what Obama is wearing.

Hope you're happy.
 
Henrin said:
Why does the government need to tell me this?
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... because it might be incredibly important that you know about it right the **** now? Because it might save your life?

News flash: saving your ass from a foreign attack is within the job description of the federal government.
 
X Factor said:
I prefer a smart phone that actually, y'know, works. :2razz:
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That's why you get rid of that Apple crap. You know, the idiots running the commercials that say "it's all about how it makes you feel", not "it's actually reliable, up to date and advanced".

Apple sucks.
 
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