AT&T Rolls Out iPhone Wireless Emergency Alerts 199
First time accepted submitter TigerPlish writes "AT&T has rolled out Wireless Emergency Alerts for iPhones. The alerts are for huge catastrophes (a Presidential Alert), for weather / natural calamities, and for AMBER alerts. One can turn off the latter two, but the Presidential alert cannot be turned off. The article mentions only 4S and 5 get this update. That said, I have a 4 and it got the update this morning. This was enacted in 2006, for those keeping track of such things. I, for one, do not care for this any more than I like the idea of them reading my communications to begin with. Oh, I'm sorry, the "metadata" from my communications." As promised.
Re:Not Big Brother, and long overdue EAS extension (Score:5, Funny)
Where I live, the emergency siren sounds every Tuesday at 12:00 noon, sharp!
As instructed by the Civil Defense authorities, I always run into my cellar and hide.
When I come out, usually in about an hour, I notice that everything has been restored to normal.
I'm thankful that we have these emergency sirens. They have saved my life fifty two times in the past year.