On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:02 PM Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> wrote: [snip]
streaming company need to be able to authenticate the alerts from all those different agencies. Those agencies also need to secure [...]
The agencies would already submit their alerts through IPAWS gateways managed by FEMA; otherwise every national satellite & cable provider have a similar challenge. The feds authenticate agencies and authorize those to use that service - the streaming companies only need a way to verify the message originated through that central authority.
And then there's another problem, which is that once all those different agencies have this facility, they're going to (ab)use it as they see fit. [snip]
I suppose abuse of authority or excessive use for any alerting system is bound to be a risk, no matter what. Not really a technical or network issue at all though.. (People could petition local elected officials and/or persuade others within their district, their neighbors, etc, to vote in new officials in that case, etc.) -- -JH