[EAS] Another EAS hack: Zombie alerts

[Botterell, Arthur@CalOES]

In my personal view this problem starts when vendors ship their product in an insecure configuration and expect their customers to correct that insecurity.  We can wag our fingers at station staff all across the nation, but I think we all know how much that will achieve.  Or we could demand that vendors render their boxes secure-on-delivery.  Shipping each box with a unique initial password would be a start, and Ed has suggested some other steps that might work as well.

Ideally broadcasters would apply their market power to require the vendors to take steps, but again, I think we all know they probably won't.  So, which is less bad... to accept continuing occasional zombifications... or to resort to the blunt instrument of regulation to nip it in the bud?

Art