US mobile alert system to launch

[bbc]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-13356274[/url]

[tark!]

Sounds good to me.

[Dustinm16]

Sounds similar to the launch of skynet...

:geno:

[Combine_dumb]

I just got a text saying the alert level has been raised to orange.

Well isn't that just dandy.

[Enth]

Seems like this could be exploited if broken into.

[Joazzz]

[QUOTE=Combine_dumb;29752482]I just got a text saying the alert level has been raised to orange.

Well isn't that just dandy.[/QUOTE]

"You have... one... new message!"

*looks*

"DEFCON 1. EVERYONE LOOK FOR SHELTER. GOD HELP US."

[LVL FACTORY]

Butterfingers,false alarm! I just happened to press the "launch satellite" button. That goddamn Nikola never succeds in being careful >_< Well,atleast the broadcasting service is stronger.

[materialsafety]

[quote]Mr Bloomberg unveiled the Personal Localized Alerting Network, or Plan, on Tuesday, explaining that the system will implemented through a special chip installed on new mobile phones.[/quote]

Couldn't they have done this through sending every phone the same message through the phone companies? Many mobile phone service companies already have ways of alerting users without the need of a chip.