Recently in Ontario the Amber Alert system for forcibly alerting phones got booted up. It got me thinking about the use of technology for non-optional alerts.

What if phones were loaded with some basic geometry layers, so when your phone's GPS detects you're outside the polygon, it forcibly alerts you: YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE RANGE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 911 AND EMERGENCY RESCUE NOT GUARANTEED."

I got thinking about this also because of how emergency services are often perceived as being some universal guarantee, taken for granted in the modern world. I wonder if people don't really grok that they're completely outside of the safety net they grew up in.