Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

["Joseph J. Jsnyder III" <joseph.snyder () gmail com>]

There is the other legal issues.  Adv geolocation isnt always correct and in some cases way off. If it is wrong no big 
deal.  If emerg alert geolocation is wrong you can open yourself up to huge legal action.



On March 9, 2019 3:27:18 PM EST, Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us> wrote:
> On 3/9/19 12:03 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > Automatically geo-locating indoor smart speakers and smart TVs is
> more 
> > difficult, but if advertisers can get geolocation information from
> AT&T, 
> > Amazon, Apple, Google, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, etc; why can't 
> > emergency alerts?
>
>
> There's no technical reason emergency alerts can't be geo located. But 
> advertisers pay for it; emergency alerts aren't revenue generating.