> > This > whole test was a display of poor engineering and disrespect for people's > first amendment rights. >
You are certainly free to criticize the system or the implementation, but nothing about this is a First Amendment issue. Just don't. On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 7:16 PM Sabri Berisha <sa...@cluecentral.net> wrote: > ----- On Oct 4, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Chris Adams c...@cmadams.net wrote: > > > Once upon a time, Grant Taylor <gtay...@tnetconsulting.net> said: > >> I don't know if today's test is the same thing or not, but I > >> remember in the last X years where there was a presidential test of > >> the EAS and there was supposedly no way to disable it short of > >> turning your device off. > > > > IIRC it is mandated that the vendors don't allow you to turn off the > > Presidential Alert class. > > If this is true, and I will take your word for it, that is outrageous. > > My wife is a teacher who works with special needs kids, and her phone > went of twice (the second time 15 minutes after the first). This was > very disruptive as you can imagine. > > Obviously, I made sure all of the emergency notifications were set to > OFF on her phone. If setting this nonsense to OFF is not working, why > even have the menu option? > > The government has no right to disrupt the day of 350 million people, > however much the self-appointed emergency communication "professionals" > like to think so. > > Furthermore, it's simply unnecessary. It is incredibly easy to add a > one-bit flag indicating whether or not it's a test to such alerts. This > whole test was a display of poor engineering and disrespect for people's > first amendment rights. > > Thanks, > > Sabri >