{"id":379933,"date":"2018-10-06T21:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T20:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cybersecurity-expert-john-mcafee-issues-warning-about-those-cell-phone-presidential-alerts\/"},"modified":"2018-10-06T21:21:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T20:21:20","slug":"prison-planet-com-cybersecurity-expert-john-mcafee-issues-warning-about-those-cell-phone-presidential-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cybersecurity-expert-john-mcafee-issues-warning-about-those-cell-phone-presidential-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Cybersecurity Expert John McAfee Issues Warning About Those Cell Phone \u201cPresidential Alerts\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mac Slavo<\/strong>
SHTFplan.com<\/a>
Oct 6, 2018<\/p>\n

With the push of a button and at the direction of President Donald Trump, a \u201cPresidential Alert\u201d was sent to all cellphones across America at 2:18 p.m. ET yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The message was the first test of what many are calling the \u201cPresidential Alert\u201d system, a new way to notify Americans across the country of national emergencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what it looked like, in case you were one of the few who didn\u2019t get the alert, or you don\u2019t have a cell phone:<\/p>\n

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A 2015 law called\u00a0the\u00a0Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act<\/a>\u00a0limits the scope of what can be considered a valid emergency alert:<\/p>\n

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Except to the extent necessary for testing the public alert and warning system, the public alert and warning system shall not be used to transmit a message that does not relate to a natural disaster,\u00a0act\u00a0of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or threat to public safety.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The idea for this system was sponsored by Senator\u00a0Ron Johnson\u00a0(R-Wisconsin) and\u00a0signed into law by then-President\u00a0Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

Despite the wording of the message, this is\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0a presidential alert system, <\/strong>explains\u00a0Law & Crime<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It is a Wireless Emergency Alert system set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to allow government officials to swiftly send information to the American public in a time of crisis, specifically terror attacks, natural disasters, or other public safety threats.<\/p>\n

The alert everyone got this week was not sent by Trump, despite the misleading title. It was sent by FEMA as a test of the system. In the future, the president will have the ability to send messages, as will other officials from federal, state, tribal, and local governments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On its surface, the system appears to be a harmless way to reach US citizens in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that we are all being watched by the government in various ways \u2013 there seems…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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