• IninewCrow
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    332 months ago

    This is what happens when governments rely on a private corporate service for public announcements

    Every government should just adopt a fediverse instance of some sort, maintain it and push that to everyone to use as a public announcement service. That way it would not be controlled, manipulated, lost or disconnected if they had full control over it all the time.

    • metaStatic
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      182 months ago

      This is a solved problem

      Shit catches fire in Australia and we get text messages.

      • @shani66@ani.social
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        02 months ago

        Our phones in America get amber alerts and extreme weather notifications too, so idk what this article is on about

        • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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          42 months ago

          Someone elaenin the thread posted a screenshot. The Amber alert in CA basically just said it was an alert and a bit.ly link to Twitter for info.

          Why the fuck doesn’t California actually include the info on the alert itself like I’ve always gotten anywhere else? That’s the actual question. Every alert I have received in AZ has had all relevant info for the alert in the alert itself, never just a link elsewhere.

        • metaStatic
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          22 months ago

          ignoring for a second you can turn off push notifications so that’s a stupid contact method in the first place they also just linked to a 3rd party site instead of sending info directly over the system.

          • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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            42 months ago

            WEA messages aren’t push notificationn, nor are they SMS messages like Australia uses. They are a separate system. Our phones are configured to pop up the message over everything, and they default with a loud, unique alert tone.

            Some WEA messages can be blocked; some cannot.

            They aren’t supposed to be used to just send links; they are supposed to send the actual message. This is the first time I’ve heard of an Amber Alert that didn’t include details about the suspect and victim.

            • metaStatic
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              52 months ago

              They aren’t supposed to be used to just send links

              looks like that is the only real issue here then

    • sunzu2
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      22 months ago

      Yeah but government doing anything besides feeding corporate parasites is communism.

      Can’t have that… We should be paying Twitter a service fee for them allowing our government to communicate to peasants.

    • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      -12 months ago

      The government uses EAS and WEA to disseminate alerts. Both are government-operated systems that are not controlled, manipulated, lost, or disconnected by third parties. The AMBER alert in question was delivered via both EAS and WEA.

      The Xhitter avenue (along with every other major social media platform) is what they refer to as a “secondary distributor”.

        • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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          -42 months ago

          Yes, that is the claim I’m looking to verify. Is that claim accurate?

          You can view past alerts you have received. On android phones, Settings > Notifications > Wireless Emergency Alerts > Emergency alert history. (or just search for “Amber”). One screenshot can easily prove or disprove the article’s claim.

          Again, if this is actually what happened, it indicates a problem not just with CHP, but also with EAS and WEA for not ensuring the requested alert message included the emergency content.

          • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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            42 months ago

            Post with a screenshot someone posted elsewhere in the thread. California sent the alert out in the shittiest way possible. It’s not the system itself, it’s how California is choosing to do it. I’ve never had any emergency alerts here in AZ be remotely this useless.

            https://lemmy.world/comment/14302173

            • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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              12 months ago

              Post with a screenshot someone posted elsewhere in the thread

              Yeah, they were responding to me. :)

              I’ve never had any emergency alerts here in AZ be remotely this useless.

              Ohio’s include descriptions of suspects, victims, vehicles, locations, etc.

              • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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                12 months ago

                Ohio’s include descriptions of suspects, victims, vehicles, locations, etc.

                Same here in AZ. I’m sure there are times photos are posted to Twitter too or something, but that’s separate from the actual alert info.

      • umami_wasabi
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        62 months ago

        Except the primary distributor doesn’t have any actionable details.

        • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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          -12 months ago

          Yep! I finally got confirmation of that when someone posted a screenshot of the alert.

          What a bunch of chucklefucks.