Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 2:50 PM <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:45:23 -0700, William Herrin said:
> > In many cases, only the foreground app has a clear understanding of the
> > state of the screen. Not the OS and definitely not the hardware
platform.
> > I'd be super pissed if I died in Overwatch because the BIOS tried to
take
> > over the screen to display an amber alert.
>
> Would you be super pissed if you died  for real because Overwatch
suppressed a
> tornado or other severe weather alert relevant to your location?  Serious
> question here.

I'd prefer if my computer's BIOS didn't talk to the network at all, that
being far more likely to open a path for malware than to save me from a
tornado. Some things just have "bad idea" written all over them. Serious
answer.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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