On 3/8/19 2:22 PM, Sean Donelan 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."
[...]
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