Warning! You can't opt out of presidential alerts. Read this before 2:18 today!

in #informationwar6 years ago (edited)

I was checking out the president's Twitter feed this morning when I came across a disturbing tweet.

The other day I got a weather alert on my phone and I didn't like it. I can tell it's raining and I don't need it to sound like WWIII has broken out. I tried to turn it off but I got another one later. I think I can turn weather alerts off though but now today I see this. For some reason it rubs me the wrong way, seems Orwellian for some reason. I don't like the government being able to take over my device, does anyone else have a problem with this?

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I'm not particularly happy about it either.
It MIGHT not be too bad if it's not abused.
BUT....it's government...so we know it will be.

Presidential Alert: America is great again! I was thinking before reading his twitter about what would happen if they shut down his twitter account, I guess this could always be a back up! At 4 AM every American can receive the presidents uncensored thoughts.

I'd actually LIKE to receive 'his uncensored thought'.
I don't do twitter.

you don't have to sign in to read his tweets, if you have never checked out the presidents feed you are really missing out, it's amazing. I don't do twitter either but I like to keep up with what the president is saying uncensored from time to time

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump

how would I go about doing that?

thanks...I bookmarked it.
I read the first thirty or so tweets.
I didn't see anything exceptional.
definitely nothing to get upset about.

exactly but the media never covers those or any of their positive news and messages.

All of these things should be opt-in.

The govern-cements should have a central place where you can see all the alerts. And your computer should be able to sort them by relevance.

But, this once again proves that you do not own your own phone.
You are the the last one in line.
The bottom of the list.
Even hackers are above you.

to be fair my phone was free.

My phone was free too... it also has the attributes of being invisible and non-existent.

they gave it to me when they shut down their 2g network

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I just got alerted.

Right on schedule!

I didn't get mine until 2:23

They did yours manually. They know what you've been up to.

...Or maybe your clock is fast?

mine came five minutes later so if WW3 does break out it will be way too late.

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Why would you want to opt out of the sex monster-in-chief's alerts @funbobby51? I assumed you'd love to hear his every brainfart.

Maybe vote democrat? (/ Or sail off in your boat)

"Sex Monster in Chief", because it is an Obama era program right?

Hey guy where you hiding....it's not like you to be gone for so long.