We are losing control due to our technology greed.
A few nights ago, people in Ontario, maybe Canada? were all woken up twice, starting about 3:43 AM to a foced amber alert on every smart phone user. The alerts had to be acknowledged, or it would not stop blaring the tee-dell grinding siren sound at the top of the mobile device's volume.
This was all to announce another estranged spousal pick up of the kids almost 1000km away. Sounds real life threatening. (sarc)
Rumours have it, to get revenge for the ridiculous method forced on all smart device users, many are calling 9-1-1 to report acknowledging the alert. Of course this bungs up the emergency lines but the authorities still claim it is a well thought out method, and will never change.
This may require a dump of smart cell phones and an additional smarter touch pad in the future as we lose all control of our products our hard earned money and data allowances paid for.
One response was to turn off your mobile phone every night at bedtime but the SMS messages following the alert are annoying also, and cannot be blocked either.