Maybe there should be a requirement that these devices have a way to only be activated once. For example, a pull-tab.
Real PLBs do that, the selling point of the SPOT is that you can also send non-emergency messages. It's possible this confuses people or it just dilutes their feeling for the seriousness of sending an alert.
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