Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

Sat Mar 9 02:48:54 UTC 2019

On 3/8/19 2:22 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/tech/emergency-alert-netflix-hulu-streaming/index.html 
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> New York (CNN Business) The federal emergency alert program was 
> designed decades ago to interrupt your TV show or radio station and 
> warn about impending danger — from severe weather events to acts of war.
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> But people watch TV and listen to radio differently today. If a person 
> is watching Netflix, listening to Spotify or playing a video game, for 
> example, they might miss a critical emergency alert altogether.
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> "More and more people are opting out of the traditional television 
> services," said Gregory Touhill, a cybersecurity expert who served at 
> the Department of Homeland security and was the first-ever Federal 
> Chief Information Security Officer. "There's a huge population out 
> there that needs to help us rethink how we do this."
>
> [...]

Has the IETF, etc looked into this? This looks like a good thing that 
could use a good dose of standardization to avoid a complete clusterf*ck.

Mike