Put this on your calendar: next Thursday, September 20th, at 11:18 AM PDT, there will be the first nationwide "Presidential Alert" cell phone test. You can't silence these. Plan accordingly.
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Replying to @supersat
Yes you can unless your OS is awful.pic.twitter.com/rm2JkXE4vg
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Yes, Lineage OS. If vendor-shipped Android lacks these options that's yet another reason it's awful...
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Replying to @RichFelker @supersat
both stock android and ios have settings to disable government and amber alerts, but there's no way to disable presidential alerts on any phone and it's illegal to do so
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Replying to @ro_xy_raine @supersat
This is why OS/software should not come with/from device vendors but be FOSS outside of regulatory control.
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Replying to @RichFelker @supersat
i'm not sure i understand- i love open source too, but unblockable emergency communications have existed for decades and the presidential alert system is simply the most modern version of this. it's not really about open vs closed code
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It's a matter of software that respects primacy of the user's wishes. FOSS alone doesn't solve the problem - you still need distribution channels and chains of trust that aren't subverted by requirements contrary to user's interests.
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