FReep poll: Would you like text message warnings from government agencies?

Daily News ^ | 05/10/11

[AtlasStalled]

Yes. This is a valuable service - sign me up. 17%

No. Get off my phone and out of my life. 79%

Not sure. 4%

[null and void]

I'm absolutely certain this would only be used for emergencies...

[Old Sarge]

Duly FReep’ed.

16%, 80%, and 4%!

[Nervous Tick]

Hmm... I didn’t see my preferred choice on the ballot, which would be “FOAD”.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Especially this part:

“The messages, including urgent blasts from the President, ... will supercede all other phone traffic so they won’t be stalled or delayed.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/09/2011-05-09_new_yorkers_soon_to_get_emergency_cell_phone_alerts_in_what_bloomberg_calls_quan.html#ixzz1LxJvo7Rd

[Happy Rain]

Unsolicited and unwanted text lies from Obama disguised as “emergencies?”

Fuggitaboutit!

[dynachrome]

And the feral gov't should have access to my bank account and credit cards to make sure I am spending my money on approved things/s

FREEP THIS POLL ***PING!*** FRmail me if you want to be added or removed from the Fearless Poll-Freeping Freepers Ping list. And be sure to ping me to any polls that need Freepin', if I miss them. (looks like a medium volume list) (gordongekko909, founder of the pinglist, stays on the list until his ghost signs up for the list)

[American Quilter]

Freeped it.

[muir_redwoods]

This might be ok if I could get Obi’s cell phone number so I could text him back

Maybe

[End Times Sentinel]

"VOTE OBAMA"

[rightly_dividing]

Texts? sure, Go ahaead, throw them in that pile of unopened texts over there somewhere.

[Callahan]

Optimists take:

This is no different than the emergency broadcasting system that has always reached you via TV

Pessimist take:

Gutsy Call Alert from your Commander in Chief Barack Obama — Osama Bin Laden is still dead - Get your “Obama Got Osama” government issue tote bags at www.gutsycall.coom

[mo]

Warnings ABOUT government agencies?!!Sure!!!

[bert]

Last week I got a call from NOAA warning of tornado activity

[Hodar]

If done correctly, this could be a life-saving technology.

Consider, a simple “If-Then” statement goes out. If you are in a GPS box, the phone texts you “Tornado in your immediate area, seek shelter NOW”. If you are downstream from a Flash Flood you get a text “You are in a Flash Flood zone, seek higher ground NOW”.

If done correctly, the broadcast would simply include a set of GPS coordinates - and only phones who are within that box would actually ‘take the text’ and everyone outside the zone would either blissfully never know the message went out; or would receive a notice that a Tornado was spotted in such and such an area.

But, as this is the Gov’t and the Gov’t LOVES to abuse power; they would instead do something like monitor what phones go into any partiuclar area, track everyone illegally, violate their privacy - and use this data to alert people who they have tracked.

Until, and unless this technology can be used in the “Right” manner - I want them out of my life.

[newzjunkey]

Get off my phone and out of my life.

If only they would.

[Zakeet]

Oh great!

Now we have the perfect excuse for another absolutely essential welfare entitlement ... the smart phone ... plus lots of free minutes.

[silverleaf]

emergencies

like “obama needs your donation NOW to defeat the Tea Party extremist agenda”

[null and void]

As I understand it, anyone can opt out of the system as proposed. Opt out of everything, that is except presidential messages...

[angcat]

I don’t want any of those bastards calling me.