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To get notifications about an alert in a given area?

• dlp211 6y ago
  Considering that EAS's are handled at a hardware level and a public subscription API sounds ripe for a targeted DDoS attack for a pull model and bound to fail for a push scenario, I think radio, TV (OTA & cable), and Cell/Mobile are sufficient to reach the vast majority of people. Really only people who completely eschew technology would be left out since news orgs will be quick to update their web sites and forward the information into social media platforms. It just seems unnecessary.
  • CydeWeys 6y ago
    Have a separate replica system supplying the API, so even if it's DDoSed or whatever the cell alerts will be unaffected. The value of this API would be strictly additive. Think of the emergency weather alert radio broadcast channels as a form of primitive public API. We need something like that but over the Internet.
  • simlevesque 6y ago
    It could be a RSS feed. It could be a txt file on S3. I'm not asking for much. I work on digital displays and I would like to help spread awareness when alerts occur. It is an incredibly complex process, made for big telecommunication companies. A public API could save lives. You can't even ask them to send you a SMS on Twillio and make an API yourself. They send it through telecommunication networks, not by sending SMS to everybody.