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This will be even worse, and we will have to pay for the privilege of having them send us their propaganda.
If Japan does this to create a warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis, is it bad?
When Chile created a warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis, is it bad?
When Israel created a warning system for terrorist WMD attacks and missile attacks, is it bad?
ONe of the most important lessons of 9/11 was the immediate, severe and lengthy collapse of the cell phone network in the NYC tri-state region. It was absolutely horrifying living through it. IF the alert system like the one used in Israel developed by eVigilo is implemented here, it will prioritize the alerts over the network, saving ALOT of lives at a minimum use of resources.
Look on the bright side: if they can send us messages, we can send them our complaints and tell them what we think of them.
Stop this in its tracks.
This will not only allow mandatory alerts from Big Brother, it will allow Big Brother to just jam and freeze wireless devices, if the peasants are getting too riled up and are using them to coordinate anti-state activities.
As well as providing a data-mining treasure trove of intel about “subversive” Americans who are in dire need of re-education to get their minds right. The govt overlords will always be able to skim off the cream of the rebellious crop through data mining their contacts and content to find the “leaders.”
No rising tyranny ever had such powerful tools to decapitate their incipient competition in a power struggle.
An American “dirty war” will feature the new Afghanistan tactic, the “catch or kill” night raid. All those SWAT cops with not enough to do. They’ll be busy, working through the govt lists.
So long as people are not required to carry cell phones with them, I can’t think of a single reason not to let them opt out of texts from Barry.
(And of course, there’s no reason to require them to carry cell phones either.)
Many people don’t have free unlimited texting. Who’s going to pay for those texts, huh? The customer will have to pay for them on his end and all us taxpayers will be paying for the White Hut’s end. I didn’t ask for this Change.
I’ll keep my old cell as long as it works, I don’t text, and I don’t want to be texted to. Because I don’t want to pay for something I don’t want or use.
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Oh, well, Amber Alerts.... It’s for the Chillin’s after all.
how long will it take for someone to develop the block Obama BS texting ap?
This intrusion and the fact that you can't opt out is completely invasive and out of hand. Cell phone companies are going to be forced into implementing it. Looks like they are being coerced into government service.
All this and I've noticed a great absence of the ACLU big mouths ever since this despotic man took to the helm.
Aside from all this, it isn't the government's business if I own, let alone use a cell phone.