Amber alerts were broadcast for only 1 in 1000 missing children in 2021
of issued Amber alerts, ¾ do not appear to help at all
we may argue that even a low success rate is acceptable if it
prevents a child from being murdered. The twist is that the
issuance of Amber alerts is often too slow to thwart these
extremely rare abominations.
¾ of children who are both abducted and murdered are killed
within the first 3 hours of the kidnapping.
on average, children who are recovered after what police deems
a successful Amber alert are found 15 hours later.
Got a new phone today. The first two things I do to every handset are 1) root the device and 2) disable the alerts - all of them, especially presidential.
Any time that's a regulation around safety, it's a pretty safe bet to assume no data was analyzed in the creation or renewal of that regulation.
See also, everything the DHS does, especially the TSA.
Got a new phone today. The first two things I do to every handset are 1) root the device and 2) disable the alerts - all of them, especially presidential.