User:Alexander cookRCBC/Wireless Emergency Alerts

Versatility of (WEA)
Wireless Emergency Alerts have several ways they can be administered, These have several different uses and severities most commonly are Imminent Threat Alerts, these are for emergency weather conditions primarily or in the case of imminent danger. Other faucets Wireless Emergency alerts include Public Safety Alerts, Amber alerts , and Presidential alerts which recently was used during a countrywide test in 2019. The software impact of the alert is a simple text notification however security concerns still exist for a possible spoof alert. The versatility is limitless in the nature that any kind of alert can be sent however the technology is limited until every phone company provides there customers with a way to receive alerts. although there is no legislation many cell phone providers now display a sticker on their phone that tells you there product can receive these alerts like in the case of the iPhone.

Uses and policy
Mobile phones are the most reliable means of relaying the news to the public quickly in case of an emergency. The Department of homeland security says what messages are to be sent. They have disclosed that they have phone companies install software connecting your phone to WPA2 servers for possible alerts. The ability in which they do this is changing with new threats we face approaching the future they have special certain alerts for certain areas like in the tornado zone in the united states.

impact on society
The Least used wireless alert is the "amber alert" yet it has reached a new power in the way people find out about the alert, during the crucial and heartbreaking time and amber alert will cause to a family it is reassuring to know 99.0% of mobile users will receive an alert and hopefully retrieve the child.like in the case of Rae-Leigh Bradbury the first-ever child saved through the use of wireless emergency alert, Bradbury's kidnapper was identified and taken down by police in just 90 minutes. The ability to receive news is technologically at its peak and the success stories of these alerts can attest to their impact on society. knowing there's a final way to communicate in dangerous situations is hopeful like in the case of David Bells run-in with a tornado in which he would have driven through had he not got a (WEA) alert. another angle of (WEA)s impact can be on the negative side of things, Although Many alerts sent out are useful and necessary security risks do exist. Although the messages have always been of some importance the rate at which sent has had issues. These systems are new to society and have growing pains like the time a fire alert was sent way too late causing 24 deaths or when a false missile attack alert was sent to Hawaiians, the (WEA) system is always looking to improve and has worked on understanding the proper timing of alerts using Comscore data and other censuses across mobile platforms to optimize the service as its impact to society is limitless.