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But it's got "freedom" in the name. It couldn't possibly be bad... You know, like the "Patriot" Act. </s>

Anything with a patriotic word in the title is suspect. Anything with a victim's name in the title is presumed awful.

I dunno, the AMBER alert system was a pretty damn good idea.

I turned amber alerts off on my phone after multiple alerts at 2am for someone over 100 miles away.

Good idea, less than great implementation. But still, it's just a presumption--presumptions can be overcome.

Are you sure about that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert#Retrieval_rate

Isn't that the thing that wakes me up at 4 AM when I forget to disable it on a new phone? No, I don't think it's a good idea.

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