Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

[Matt Erculiani <merculiani () gmail com>]

Sean

I think the cellular emergency alert systems already in place have
satisfied this need or should be implemented before forcing streaming
services to alter their platforms. Plus they allow the user the ability to
disable them if they so choose. If they have the alerts disabled and miss
something important, that's on them.

The world is evolving and I don't think interrupting streaming is necessary
given all the other ways there are to alert a population.

-Matt

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 16:23 Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:

> https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/tech/emergency-alert-netflix-hulu-streaming/index.html
>
> New 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."
>
> [...]