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  Good intentions with bad implementations should be outlawed! Oh wait … they
                                      are!
                                        
I'm sitting, futzing around on the computer. Bunny is in the other room,
watching television when this horrible buzzing noise starts. I'm thinking, Is
that [DELETED-the Emergency Broadcasting System [1]-DELETED] I mean the
Emergency Alert System [2]? I don't think I've ever heard it in actual use,
when I realize it's coming from my phone and it's an Amber Alert [3] sent by
the government.

Oh. I can get these on my iPhone now. Which tells me to be on the lookout for
a certain type of vehicle of a certain color, which is only applicable if I'm
out, driving about, but Florida law [4] makes it illegal for me to actually
check my cell phone while driving!

Lovely!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System
[2] https://www.fcc.gov/guides/emergency-alert-system-eas
[3] http://www.amberalert.gov/
[4] http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/27/bills-would-strengthen-florida-ban-on-texting-while-driving/24144383/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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