On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 11:57 AM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > Yes, that's exactly my point: it should just be a requirement of the > hardware platform to implement this. Just like e911. Enumerating the > types of devices that are required to implement this is way easier than > enumerating the types of apps/sites that need to implement it. All the > government needs to do is set up the server infrastructure to source the > alerts.
Hi Mike, 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. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
