Business ask to create near real time, location aware notification system to increase user engagement and refine ad tracking : "That's a a great idea, we can do that!"
Government ask to create near real time, location aware notification system for public safety warnings : "THAT IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH!" On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Mar 2019, Seth Mattinen wrote: > > On 3/9/19 12:03 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > >> Automatically geo-locating indoor smart speakers and smart TVs is more > >> difficult, but if advertisers can get geolocation information from > AT&T, > >> Amazon, Apple, Google, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, etc; why can't > emergency > >> alerts? > > > > There's no technical reason emergency alerts can't be geo located. But > > advertisers pay for it; emergency alerts aren't revenue generating. > > In other words, only rich people deserve to be warned. > > Poor people.... Well, I guess they are poor and don't buy enough stuff > from advertisers to be considered "revenue generating." > > Is that why Amazon, Apple and Google don't have emergency alerts as part > of their "smart devices?" Good PR move. > > Amazon Alexa will alert me as it tracks my package of stuff, but won't > warn me about the tornado about to destroy my neighborhood. >
