Darka wrote:The problem with the alerts is that once the Government (of any persuasion) has gained a liking for them, they will start to use them for other, less serious emergencies, and do you really trust the government to have your best interests at heart..
I prefer to make my own choices and to suffer my own consequences.
Imagine an emergency alert, "disaster, please go <here>" then having huge crowds of panicking people turn up at some preordained location, what could possibly go wrong.....
Maybe I'm getting more paranoid as I get older, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's all part of a subtle plan to see how much control they can exert over us as well as exploring ways of gathering more data.
I believe that the UK government already want Whatsapp to stop their encryption of data.
It's not going to stop till we all have chips implanted in our brains and a little aerial sticking out to pick up the latest Daily Mail headlines.
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Steve