A bunch of people, you included, told me they read the article, and then cited that article as their source. I asked for a screenshot of the alert, and explained how to get it. Eventually, someone provided the screenshot I requested, and demonstrated that this particular alert differs from every other alert I have ever seen:
ACKSUALLY, I did accept it, just as soon as someone posted a screenshot of the alert in question. Which I promptly posted in several other comments.
Given the abhorrent state of modern journalism, and the lack of a simple screenshot that would have conclusively demonstrated the problem, “skepticism” was justified.
Yep! I finally got confirmation of that when someone posted a screenshot of the alert.
What a bunch of chucklefucks.
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.
You would have gotten this one, because it was a Wireless Emergency Alert, not a Xhitter notification.
Thank you!
Can you share a screenshot of the alert? If it’s an android phone, you can find historical alerts under “Settings”.
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.
On an android phone, under Settings, you can view past emergency alerts, including AMBER alerts. I’d like to see a screenshot of this particular alert.
If that alert does not include the actual information, I’ll be happy to pick up my pitchfork. Hell, I’ll even start boiling some tar, but I don’t have a good supplier for feathers…
Until then, what the author is describing does not correspond to my own experiences receiving AMBER alerts, and seems to contradict WEA and EAS policies. I’m open to being proven wrong, I’m just skeptical.
If CHP is only sending Xhitter links, there are problems with CHP, EAS, and WEA, as none of them are supposed to be using the systems that way.
If, instead, they are providing the data and the Xhitter link, the problem is with user expectations.
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”.
Ah. I see. The alerts were conveyed directly to phones via primary avenues: Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those alerts included a link to their Xhitter account.
Every Amber alert I’ve seen has included location, name of the adult, license plate, vehicle description, a description of the child, etc. Most include come kind of link (secondary avenue) that (in my experience) just shows the content from the alert, and doesn’t actually provide any further detail.
Have we confirmed that this alert included only the link to Xhitter, without the other data? If that is actually the case, it’s not just the CHP’s failure, but also the managers of the WEA and EAS systems: They aren’t supposed to activate those systems without the actual message.
this is really just a problem with government agencies/departments using social media websites as primary avenues of delivering information.
I guarantee that this was not a “primary avenue” for delivering this information.
Edit: I was wrong. Finally got the confirmation that should have been included in the article from the beginning:
Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship is to conflate undocumented immigration with invasion. True foreign invaders are not “subject to the laws of the United States”, which is the criteria the 14th amendment requires to secure birthright citizenship.
Under this theory, Trump can trace back the lineage of every “US Citizen of Mexican ancestry” and, upon finding an unnaturalized ancester, void the citizenship of every subsequent generation.
Further, by declaring them invaders, Trump can employ the military against them. Anyone who supports “invaders” gives “aid and comfort to the enemy”, making them guilty of treason. Trump now has a wedge to drive reasonable people away from opposing his anti-immigration tactics.
Our main hopes for preventing this travesty ultimately lie with the nine members of the Supreme Court, of whom Trump previously appointed three. Since “[he got] to pick [his] judges, nothing you can do, folks.”
Dynamic generation. There is no certificate until user request.
If my shotgun starts making strange noises, I check the brownies.
The only technology in my house is me, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to me in case I make a noise I don’t recognize.
(Am I doing this right?)
I use Tasker to log my weight to a Google Sheets spreadsheet, and just use a dumb scale.
The only piece of technology in my house is a toaster from 1982, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to it just in case it makes a noise I don’t recognize.
I don’t think it really matters either way. The bell can’t be unrung, and it sounded the death knell of the private health insurance industry.
Yeah, that’s the problem. It’s our bread and circuses, not an entire industry designed to take our money and kill us.
Yeah, they were responding to me. :)
Ohio’s include descriptions of suspects, victims, vehicles, locations, etc.