I agree but I also don’t think this was anywhere close to an appropriate use of the alert system. The minimum level of danger that this should be ised for is “police car chase in area”. The only exception should be a test of the system, and they should announce that at least 48 hours before they do the test, preferably weeks before they do the test.
Comment on Emergency Alert About Wildfires
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks agoThe guidance has been around for a while now to disable alerts on secret phones. We can’t just not send out alert messages because of this.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
I think some people are right in maybe implementing a lower level system. I have heard someone say it’s possible to send an alert without a interrupting siren, and as just a notification. An SMS is a possibility, but is quite expensive.
I remember back in the days before the alert system was well known knowledge, a few years ago. I and my family just received random messages saying “Operator test #1” and “Operator Test #2” without any form of warning, people likely weren’t even aware that their phone could even do that (I was because I am a bit of a nerd, lol)
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Yeah but this alert was just a request to not start forest fires.