Thursday, July 13, 2006
US Government Considers Sending Alerts To Phones In Emergency
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 04:00 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/12/060712191204.9i5b29n0.html
"The US government unveiled a communications system that in case of emergency should soon allow it to send SMS alerts to Americans' mobile phones and computers. "We have the ability to do this. It's a major step," Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director David Paulson told reporters outside the US capital as he unveiled the program's design."
Hopefully this type of thing would be localized to the event as opposed to a nationwide SMS blast to everyone. The paranoid side of me also wonders if this is possible, how long before spammers figure it out? It would render SMS totally worthless. :|
"The US government unveiled a communications system that in case of emergency should soon allow it to send SMS alerts to Americans' mobile phones and computers. "We have the ability to do this. It's a major step," Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director David Paulson told reporters outside the US capital as he unveiled the program's design."
Hopefully this type of thing would be localized to the event as opposed to a nationwide SMS blast to everyone. The paranoid side of me also wonders if this is possible, how long before spammers figure it out? It would render SMS totally worthless. :|
