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Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?
From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 18:48:54 -0800
On 3/8/19 2:22 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/tech/emergency-alert-netflix-hulu-streaming/index.htmlNew York (CNN Business) The federal emergency alert program was designed decades ago to interrupt your TV show or radio station and warn about impending danger — from severe weather events to acts of war.But people watch TV and listen to radio differently today. If a person is watching Netflix, listening to Spotify or playing a video game, for example, they might miss a critical emergency alert altogether."More and more people are opting out of the traditional television services," said Gregory Touhill, a cybersecurity expert who served at the Department of Homeland security and was the first-ever Federal Chief Information Security Officer. "There's a huge population out there that needs to help us rethink how we do this."[...]
Has the IETF, etc looked into this? This looks like a good thing that could use a good dose of standardization to avoid a complete clusterf*ck.
Mike
Current thread:
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?, (continued)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Clayton Zekelman (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Jared Mauch (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Peter Kristolaitis (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Mike Hammett (Mar 09)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Clayton Zekelman (Mar 09)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Rich Kulawiec (Mar 11)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 11)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 08)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 11)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Scott Fisher (Mar 11)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 12)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? William Herrin (Mar 11)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Sean Donelan (Mar 10)
- Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts? Clayton Zekelman (Mar 12)