WEBVTT - Where to learn online, photo privacy tips & erasing old PCs (134, Aug 16, 2025) 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:05.320 Apple Watch gets its blood Oxygen feature back. Google launches 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.039 a new way to find the exact flight deal. You 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:11.840 want a new take on the classic Super eight camera, 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:16.040 Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:19.200 Tamiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.720 show where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:23.759 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:27.200 answer your questions about technology. I believe the tech should 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:31.360 be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:35.120 lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.880 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.960 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:43.800 Give me a call. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.080 If you have a question about technology, you can also 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.800 send an email. Just go to rich on tech dot TV. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:55.760 Hit contact rich on tech dot TV, hit contact. All Right, 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.880 We've got some great guests for you this week. Uh 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.920 Brett Bristow, the creator of Tech with Brett, is going 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.440 to share tips and tricks to make your smart home 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.800 work the way you want it to. He is really, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.319 really great. He's gonna have some good stuff to share. 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.840 And also another fantastic guest this week David Lombard, founder 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.000 of the Laptop Elf Project, he's going to talk about 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:25.120 the best ways to securely erase, recycle, or donate your 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:27.000 old maccomputer or. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:31.000 Your Windows PC. He's gonna be great as well. Well. 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.360 Thanks for tuning in to the show. Really appreciate you 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.240 being here. Thanks for watching on KTLA Plus if you're 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.000 streaming it there. We don't stream the show live. I've 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.759 mentioned that from week to week, but we do record 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:45.920 the first ten minutes of the show and then we 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.400 put that on KTLA Plus, which is a free app 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:52.240 that you can download pretty much on Roku, Apple TV, 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.280 Fire TV, Samsung TV. So if you want to see 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.520 a little behind the scenes of the show here, you 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:00.800 can watch that for free no matter where you live. Also, 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.520 thanks for tuning us in wherever you're listening from. My 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.240 mom has been in town, so that's always been interesting. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.560 We actually extended her time here, which is wild. Most 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.360 people are trying to, you know, get there. Well, my 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.560 most my wife, if she was a typical wife, would 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.720 probably be trying to get my wife, my mom out 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.840 of town. But it's been fine. We actually extended her 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.520 flight to stay out a little bit longer. It's been great, 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.600 great to have her around with the kids. But you know, 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.480 when you have someone in town, your schedule is just 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.720 completely thrown out a whack, right, We've been going out 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.880 to dinner on nights. I would never think about going 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.560 out to dinner. Crammed with activities, you know, sight seeing, 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.440 going around town, and you know, we're just trying to 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.240 have a good time and make the most of it. 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.079 You know, my mom lives on one coast, I live 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.640 on another, and so anytime she's in town, we're trying 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.800 to make the most And she's been very excited. She 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.400 has been picking the bumper music for this very show, 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.040 So if you like the bumper music, she's been doing 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.120 it and I've been getting a lot of emails about it, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.760 so people clearly like her taste in music. She already 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.800 picked next week's music, so we already have next week's 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.680 planned as well. This was also a big week for 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.880 me personally. I dropped my kid off to high school 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.240 for the first time. I cannot believe it. I was 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.680 I'm not sure who was sadder, me or him. I 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.840 sat in my car and just was not doing well 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.800 after I did this, just thinking about all the you know, 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:28.280 just the vastness of the school compared to where he 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.440 was throughout his whole life. You know, you got him 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:34.440 at home for the first couple of years, preschool, elementary school, 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.560 middle school, and now high school. 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:37.760 And it's just wild. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.360 So this is coming from the person who left home 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:45.080 at seventeen, by the way, flew across the country by 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.840 myself on a plane which I'd only been on like 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.440 three times before, and made my new life in la 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.120 as a college student. And my wife always says, it 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.760 was like this TV show Felicity, where they literally just 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.800 drop you off with like your suitcases. I got dropped 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.680 off by a taxi. There's no uber back. Then got 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.680 dropped off at the entrance to the school and the 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.120 school was closed because moving day was the day before, 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:10.960 so I was like, all right, well now what so 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.960 I'd to like find another entrance. It was a whole 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.040 big thing. Anyway, I made it. I mean, it's okay, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.560 I'm doing fine. So I guess perseverance, right, You got 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.320 to have a little grit in life. Speaking of grit, 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.440 I did go to the DMV this week to get 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.120 my real ID, and I got to say I was very, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.919 very impressed. So I think the last time I walked 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.400 into a DMV was at least ten years ago, so 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.240 things have gotten much more modern and updated since then. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.640 The toughest part for me was getting an appointment. That 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.760 probably took a few i'd probably say a month or 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.520 two to get the appointment. I checked DMV locations that 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.560 weren't near me, because all the ones near me were 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.360 just slammed. But I found one that was like a 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.240 little bit further out, and I get there and the 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:52.479 main thing you have to know is you have to 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:56.240 do everything online first. Thankfully, I looked at that email 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.080 they sent me because I was not going to and 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.760 the day before my appointment, I just online and my 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.240 emails and it said like, hey, you might want to 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:03.120 fill out your information. 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:04.440 Maybe I said you had to. 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.039 I wasn't really reading it that clearly, but I ended 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.240 up starting on the information and I was like, oh wow, no, 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.560 there's a lot you have to fill out online first, 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:13.760 And so I filled it out all online. So I 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:17.040 was very impressed with how smooth the process was. You 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.000 upload all of the documents right from your computer or 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.840 your phone. That was really neat, and then they give 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:24.800 you a barcode that you print out and you bring 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.520 in with you. And so I get in there, and 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.000 they say, all right, you're a little bit early, so 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:30.440 just come here, you know, at this time, get there, 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.920 get in line. Woman does quick you know, they verify 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.600 the information. It's all done digitally, which I thought was great. 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.200 You take a quick eye test, fingerprint, and then you 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.880 take a photo and you tap to pay to pay 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.359 the fee, which I thought was really smart too. And 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.280 then the best part was and this happens a lot. 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.600 You know, I'm on TV here in Los Angeles, and 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.039 you know this happens from time to time where people 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.240 will go through a whole transaction with you, right, they'll 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:55.840 do the whole thing. They'll check you out at the 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.640 grocery store, they'll help you, you know, pick out clothes 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.920 at the mall, whatever it is. But then at the end, 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.120 the very end, when you're ready to leave, like, oh, 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.919 and by the way, I love your segment. It's like, Okay, 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.919 you could have said that at the beginning. I probably 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.559 wouldn't have been any nicer to you, because I'm always nice, 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:11.039 believe me. 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:12.320 But it's just funny. 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.719 You go through this whole thing and this woman at 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.159 the end is like, oh, I really love your segment 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.680 on TV. So anyway, glad She likes it, so I 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.560 hopefully will have my real ID very soon. But I did, 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.719 you know, I did get an interesting question from someone 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:26.720 on social media. They wrote me and they said, Rich, 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:29.080 I can't believe you're okay with giving your fingerprint to 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:29.640 the DMV. 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:31.640 And I didn't even think about it. 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.320 I'm like, all right, I just this is part of 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.080 the process, right, I had to get my social my fingerprint, 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.599 Like they know who I am. They can have me 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.560 in that database, and they can, you know, if I 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.280 ever do anything, you know, commit a crime or whatever. 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.000 You know, they scan the you know, it's like those 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.440 TV shows. They scan the database of all the fingerprints 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.160 and boom, there he is. But I thought about this 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.520 and I was like, wait a second, do we have 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.359 the right as a human to be anonymous, right, Like 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.360 can we be an anonymous person that lives in America 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.279 and just kind of does our own thing, or should 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.880 we be part of this massive database that they can 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.480 search and cross reference. They've got the bio the biometrics 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:09.920 on all of us. I mean, I'm already in that 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.840 for the TSA. And it got me to thinking. I 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.280 was like, I don't know, like it feels like we 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:19.240 should be kind of allowed to just roam freely. But 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.760 can we in today's modern society. I'm not sure, but 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.680 I thought about it, and I remember as a kid 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.400 they fingerprinted me, right Like, as a kid, you went 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.000 through and you go to school and they would fingerprint 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.560 you and and I guess that was for like the 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.239 police in case you went missing or something. I'm not sure, 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.760 but the point is for me, someone who's grown up 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:43.400 in this digital world, like, I'm very privacy centric, but 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.520 I think a lot of the up and coming kind 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.680 of Gen xers or gen z ors whatever they call 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.720 them now, Gen Alpha, they don't really have as many 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.520 expectations of privacy as we did growing up. Right, Like, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.560 when we grew up, everything was analog and so you 0:07:58.640 --> 0:07:59.960 had to go in the you know, it was the 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.320 the wildest thing that you can go in the white 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.600 pages and literally find someone's address in there, Like it 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.160 was just so crazy to think about that. And now 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.640 you can go online and search anything and find anyone's address, 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:17.120 home address, email, phone number, whatever. So I don't have 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:18.520 an answer for that, but I just thought it was 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:23.240 very interesting. It made me think speaking of the old days, AOL. 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.960 I know you heard the news ending its dial up 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.560 service on September thirtieth, twenty twenty five. Now, I don't 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.920 know who is still using AOL dial up in this 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.440 day and age. Clearly some people were, but not a 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.760 lot of people because they're getting rid of this. But 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:41.599 if you remember, AOL was it in the nineties and 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:45.559 early two thousands, we could all recite that sound by heart, 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:50.319 that modem screeching sound. AOL was king. I mean, they 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.959 were the largest dial up provider in the US. They 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.640 were the Internet for a lot of people, even though 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.920 they weren't really the Internet. I mean, they eventually had 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.120 had access to the Internet, but it was really like 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.960 when you first went to AOL, it was sections. It 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.600 was like entertainment, sports, you know whatever, and you would 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.520 click and you would just go into these things that 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.319 were sort of designed by AOL. It wasn't the Internet 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.040 at large. Now it eventually it became just a way 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.360 to get on the Internet. And remember dial up just 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.559 how complicated it was. You had to wait for the connection. 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.360 If someone picked up the other phone line in the house, 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.160 it would mess things up. Census data shows about one 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:31.280 hundred and sixty three thousand US households still use dial 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.720 up as of twenty twenty three, that seems like a 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.560 lot of people now AOL is not going away. I 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.400 know a lot of people still love it. They love 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.880 the email or they you know, for better or worse, 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.880 they still use the email, but they're gonna still. AOL's 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.520 not going anywhere. It's just the dial up Internet that's 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.720 going any that's going away. And I remember because my 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.200 mom not to put her on blast, but she is 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.720 a big AOL user, and I remember trying to switch 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.520 her from the dial up AOL to just the standard 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.200 Internet connection and she didn't trust it. Like you know, 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.240 I said, Mom, you could go to like high speed 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.560 internet and still access your AOL. She didn't trust it. 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.560 She said, no, I want to dial up. Said well, 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.200 you know that's going to cost you an extra twenty 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.480 bucks a month or whatever it was. But remember there 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.680 was times when you couldn't even get through. You would 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.960 literally dial up to AOL and it be a busy signal. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.000 You couldn't get on the internet. And now we just 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.840 take for granted everything anytime on demand. I remember the 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.560 first time, actually I could still remember the first time 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.280 that I got on AOL and got on the internet. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.959 I logged on every day after high school and I 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.439 would go to this little portal where aol said we 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.440 are building the Internet. You're gonna be able to access 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.839 it soon from here. And I just went there every day. Yes, 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.079 I was a nerd even back then, and I would 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:44.520 just look and to see if I can get on 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.079 the Internet. And sure enough, one day it was like, 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.160 all right, here you go. And I didn't know where 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.400 to go because like, who knew a website. I think 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.439 I went to like Yahoo. Maybe I don't even know 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.160 if they had Yahoo back then, but now and then. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:55.640 I remember. 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.640 Another memory I have is when I first got internet 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:02.080 in college and I showed my friend streaming video and 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:03.800 it was as little as a music video. I think 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:05.679 I was using Excite at home. I think that was 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.559 the Internet provider road I think it was before Roadrunner, 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:10.600 and I remember showing him the video. I said, look 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.160 at this is the future. You're gonna stream video on 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.840 the Internet and it was postage stamp sized and he 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.760 was like, rich, really, nobody's gonna watch this. And sure enough, 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.960 now everything's delivered through streaming. All right, coming up on 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:26.800 this show, we are going to take some of your 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.120 calls at eight eight eight rich one oh one eighty 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.840 eight seven four to two four one zero one. I'll 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.680 tell you how Apple brought back the blood oxygen feature 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:38.679 to the Apple Watch, plus more tech news. My name 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.200 is Rich dmiro. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.839 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.360 out with you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.840 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.840 four to one zero one. Got a packed house today. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.880 We've got Bobo on the boards. Is it the boards? 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.640 I guess the board? Maybe just one board to run 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.360 the show. Kim on phones, you know, Kim and I 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.400 we have a little side conversations throughout the whole show 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:13.240 via text message, and she is she said. The reason 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.040 the DMV person did not say anything until the end 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.000 of the transaction is she wanted to make sure that 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:20.480 I was a nice person. 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:21.800 Before she said anything. 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.600 And I guess that's probably true because that happened at 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:27.760 dinner the other night. You know, we were like halfway 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.200 through the dinner and you know, I get it. I'm 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.640 on TV in Los Angeles. So it's one of these 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.800 things where you never know the thing about you know, 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.120 if you watch someone this is this is probably true 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.360 of any like what I would say, micro celebrity like myself. 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.840 If you know that person, you know them. If you 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.560 do not know them, you don't know them. It's not 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.600 like an actor in a movie like we were watching 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.440 last night, where you're like, oh. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:53.280 Yeah, I know that guy. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.120 I know them, I've seen them, I don't maybe don't 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:56.880 know their name, but I know them. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.520 For me, it is not that way. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.640 It is either you know or you don't, because you've 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.800 either watched me or you didn't. And so if I'm 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.120 going out, it's always like this idea of like, okay, 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:08.680 do they. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:09.160 Know that they not. 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.520 People generally tell you when they know, sometimes they don't, 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.200 and they send me a text message afterwards when I'm 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.680 at home, which is kind of weird. Dell's an ocean 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.040 side you're on with Rich. 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.760 Good morning, thank you so much for your show. You've 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:24.720 helped me before and I really am I appreciative. 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:26.400 Oh thank you. Love to hear that. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.280 Yeah. No, I am the very happy owner of our 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:35.000 Galaxy S twenty four Ultra. And one morning when I 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.559 woke up and checked my phone, I went to send 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:42.400 a text and the alphabet was rearranged. Ooh yeah, all 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.240 the keys were in like a different place, and I 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:45.920 think there are different keyboards. 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:47.880 I would have went right back to sleep. 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:50.520 You know, I know, I know. It's well, I've just 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.560 been voice texting. OK then, so, but it's really frustrating. 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:55.400 How do I fix it? 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.000 Okay, you're trying to get your your keyboard back on 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.160 the Samsung. Well, I mean there are different layouts. In 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:05.600 the US, we typically use the quirdy qwert y that's 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.040 the standard layout, but there are all kinds of layouts 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.760 you can choose. Now, I use g board, so I'm 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.400 not as familiar with Samsung keyboard, but that is built 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.880 into all the Samsung phones. But what I would do 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.080 is when you're typing, so go into some sort of 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.760 field that you can type on your phone, and at 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.000 the top of the keyboard there should be a little 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:28.360 gear icon and if you tap that gear icon, it 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.080 will bring you to the settings for that keyboard, which 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.480 is the Samsung keyboard that you're using all the way. 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.800 At the top it should say languages and types and 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.800 if you tap there, I'm thinking that this is what happened. 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.960 I don't know how it happened or why it happened, 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.760 but something got changed. So if you tap up in there, 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:50.000 you'll see where it says quirdy. And I'm guessing. I 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.760 don't know what these other options are, so I've never 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:52.960 even seen them before. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:54.040 But one is. 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.280 Called quartz that's another option, I guess. And then there's 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.520 a zerdi and then there's three by four. Tap three 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.440 by four just to see what that looks like, because 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.640 I've never ever heard of that for a keyboard. 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:05.680 So now I've got this. 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.840 Oh wow, oh three by four is your T nine 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.200 like the old days, remember when you had to like 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.760 just tap out a text on like the one through 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.360 nine keys. Oh that's okay. I never knew that it 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:17.880 was called three by four. So you can do that 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.440 if you want to. That's interesting if that's built in there. Okay, 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.920 I didn't realize that. If we go back in, let's 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:26.840 look at azerdi that is going to set up your keys. 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:32.200 Oh A, Z, E R T, y uio p okay. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.080 So it's a little bit different than Oh wow, that's 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.480 really different. So I think that's what you want to do, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.200 is just go back into the languages and types and 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:43.280 under English tap quirty and that should bring you back 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.480 to the standard uh or I guess I should say 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.080 what many of us are used to when it comes 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.000 to the keyboard. Thanksdale and ocean Side. Hopefully that fix 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.560 it fixes it. Appreciate the kind words. Eighty eight rich 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.000 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:03.840 four one zero one. So Apple has brought blood oxygen 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:09.160 monitoring back to the Apple Watch. So they brought it 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.360 back for the Series nine, the Series ten, and the 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.320 Ultra two watches in the US. If you want to 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.040 get the blood oxygen feature back, you have to update 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.560 both your iOS and your iPhone and your watch OS 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:21.720 to get it. 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:22.240 Now. 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.680 I did this on both my watch and the phone, 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.480 and yes it's back, but there is a difference. It 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.120 almost operates the same way. So you go to your 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.360 Apple Watch, you tap to get into your apps, you 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.200 tap blood oxygen, and you take your reading. But then 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.040 to look at the reading you get they can no 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.120 longer display on the watch because of this whole patent dispute. 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.760 They now display on the iPhone. So I actually got 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.080 when the reading was done. I got a little notification 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.840 on my iPhone that the reading was ready, and so 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:53.600 you tap into there and it will show you the 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:54.160 reading in. 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:54.760 The health app. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.600 So it's pretty much the same. By the way, my 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:00.160 reading was fine. It's pretty much the same as it 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.560 was before, except you just can't see the results on 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.359 your Apple Watch screen. So this is all because of 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:09.680 a patent dispute they had with this Massimo company, and 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:11.960 so I guess they're they're not settling that, but they 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.480 just figured out a way around it. Eight eight eight 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.920 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:20.320 four to one zero one. Rich on Tech dot TV 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.720 coming up. I'll tell you what Kodak has to say 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:27.040 about rumors it's going out of business. Welcome back to 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.520 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:33.160 talking technology. Triple eight rich one on one eight eight 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:37.240 eight seven four to two four one zero one. The 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:41.240 website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. Can 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.800 follow me on social media. I am at rich on Tech. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:46.920 You see the trend there. 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:47.960 Yeah. 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.639 Kodak says it is not going out of business, contrary 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.800 to all the reports it's closing or going bankrupt. They 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:59.240 say the confusion came from a routine accounting note in 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.560 a government filing. Company says it has a plan to 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:06.359 pay off what it owes and stay in business, and 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.400 they expect a big cash boost in December that will 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.080 help them pay down debt. I don't know what that 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.280 cash boost is, whether they bring them back the thirty 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:18.040 five millimeter camera. Kodak says sales are steady, business is healthy, 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.800 and it's optimistic about the future. Of course they say that, 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.240 but come on, let's be honest. When was the last 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.480 time you bought something with the Kodak brand name on it? 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:26.480 Now? 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:30.440 This is an example of a company that it's interesting 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.720 when you go out of the US to these trade 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.240 shows in other places, they're more like almost like a 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.240 licensing company at this point, Like people know the Kodak brand, 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.159 and so if you're in a different country, you're wanting 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:44.679 to buy a nice American brand name like this. And 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.440 so you see a lot of licensed gadgets with the 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.400 Kodak name. And they've had a few things here and there, 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.960 but I know they're never going to recapture what they 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.200 had in the past. And I think it's tough with 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.320 the company like Kodak that owes a lot of money 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:01.520 to a lot of people, probably to to recapture or 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:05.120 to have something that really propels them again like that, 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.360 like they used to have it's tough. I mean it's 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.280 tough when you have something so big and then you 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.199 never really are able to capture that again. I mean 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.200 we've seen tech companies throughout the years, as it happens 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.960 over and over. You have an amazing product, like let's say, 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:21.280 like a TVO. I mean that like revolutionized TV, dvring 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.600 things before streaming, right, But you know they never had 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.480 another follow up to that. There's probably a long list 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:29.760 of I mean, GoPro, I mean, look at that same thing. 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.680 They were the way to record things and they still 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:35.960 are for action sports and stuff like that. But you know, 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:37.639 the iPhone came along, and then it came along with 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.639 the wide angle lens, and you know, things just change. 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:42.720 And really, actually, now that I think about it, the 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:45.400 iPhone has just impacted everything. It's like everything we had 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.480 that was good, the iPhone just took over. So blame them. 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:53.840 Let's go to let's see John in Los Angeles. John, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:54.320 what's up? 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.280 Yeah, Rich, I'm just trying to figure out. I'm sixty 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.520 years old. Started out at cal Poly. I used to 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:06.760 write software, you know, in basic right nineteen eighty. 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.240 Oh wow, nice, and then self. 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:13.119 Taught myself everything electrical contractor for a career, and I 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.000 wanted to find out is there some place I can 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:17.919 go back and get a little more structured education to 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:21.080 you know, really understand about IP addresses and when I 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:23.480 set up my router instead of just kind of fumbling 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:25.440 my way through it. Is there something that's a little 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.240 more structured, a little more that you know, everybody wants 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.040 to teach me an entire education. I don't. I don't 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:32.760 want to do that. I just want to pick up 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:36.040 some some some pointers and some structure. If that makes sense. 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:40.000 Oh, yeah, absolutely, you know I just do Yeah, I can. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:41.720 I can wire it all and tie it all down 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.240 and put it all together. And physical part is great, 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:47.640 but I really need to get a little a little 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:49.399 bit out of the ether and get a little more 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:52.760 focused on IP addresses and specifically what I'm doing. 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:53.800 Yeah, no, I hear you. 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.040 Any suggestions or ideas. 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:59.640 I do my my biggest one of my biggest wins. 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:02.800 I was so proud of myself. This was before mesh, 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:04.960 you know, routers and networking and all that stuff. But 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.760 I had my apartment. This was many years ago, and 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:10.360 I couldn't get a Wi Fi signal in the other 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:12.440 stretch of the like the other end of the apartment, 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:14.640 and so I was so proud of myself. I took 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:18.280 an old router, I formatted it, I installed like I 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:21.040 forget what the software was called, like DDRS or something 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:23.040 on it, and I put it and I and I 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.760 connected it with an Ethernet cable and I was able 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.320 to get the router to take the signal and put 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:31.320 it in that other area and kind of blast it 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:32.720 to the house. But I think the signal was the 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:34.760 same as the other one. But anyway, it was just 0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:36.560 it all worked and it was so great. I was like, 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:40.080 oh my gosh, I did this. Anyway, So I just 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.119 did a story about this for TV. We're gonna erit 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:49.200 very soon about basically learning technology, you know, outside of school. 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:50.919 And yeah, you can go back to school and you 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:52.359 can take a course and you do all this stuff. 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:56.359 But like, there are so many platforms online to learn 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:58.280 and a lot of it's free. You may have to 0:21:58.280 --> 0:21:59.880 pay for some of it depending on what you want 0:21:59.880 --> 0:22:01.440 to do. But I'll give you the one. I think 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.800 there's probably two, I think three actually that you really like. 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:07.399 So number one Courserah if you haven't heard of that, 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.880 COURSERA is is basically a place where you can learn 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.560 anything you want. And right now the AI stuff is 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:17.160 really really hot. But you know, they have some free lessons. 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:19.360 Some of it is paid, you know, but I think 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:21.719 it's like sixty bucks a month unlimited, like you can 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:24.720 take these at your own time. And they've got everything 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:27.560 from quick lessons to certificates. So if you want to 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:29.840 actually get a certificate that you can put on your 0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:33.159 LinkedIn your resume, you can do that as well. And 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:35.240 a lot of those you can complete in under six months. 0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:38.879 Then there's one called ed x ed X. Let me 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:40.640 see what the website is. I just have the name 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:43.359 ed x ed X. 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:45.080 Let's see dot org. 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:48.760 And these are all kinds of I mean, they've got 0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:51.320 all kinds of skills and classes and you know, from 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:54.159 big names, and I'm sure you can type in what 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:58.160 you need so you can do you know, executive education courses, certificates, 0:22:58.240 --> 0:23:00.840 master's degrees or a bachelor degree if you want. So 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:02.919 it's sort of like a one stop shop for just 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:05.760 finding all kinds of things. And if we type in 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:09.359 you said, IP IP addresses, I guess that would be 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:13.680 like under networking. You know, there's networking basics and security 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:16.080 Networking and storage essentials. I mean there's so many, and 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:19.320 they all say the brand that's offering them as well, 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:21.360 so that's another place to look. So let's say networking 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:25.760 basics and security, which I think you're past, but yeah, 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:28.239 let's see audit course. I don't know how much that 0:23:28.280 --> 0:23:30.679 one costs, but anyway, you got that on there. And 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:34.320 then the other one is class Central, so class central 0:23:34.359 --> 0:23:39.080 dot com. This is almost like a like a Google, 0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:43.439 but for all online learning. So anything you want to find, 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:47.119 it will search all of the different places that offer 0:23:47.200 --> 0:23:54.560 online courses, and so we're talking everything from Stanford, Google, Amazon, 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:59.000 I mean there's so many look at this, thirteen hundred universities, 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:03.680 one hundred provide and seventeen hundred institutions and it's all 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:07.560 under that search. So if you wanted it, you know, 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:11.120 to look up. Yeah, I mean TCIP which you're talking about, 0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:15.040 or IP addressing. Two hundred and fifty six courses available, 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:17.800 and the neat thing is you can sort them by 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:21.080 the highest rated the relevancy. I mean, there's a whole 0:24:21.080 --> 0:24:22.960 bunch of stuff and it gives you all the information 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:26.200 you need before you sign up. So University of Washington 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:29.840 Computer Networks it tells you how much it is right 0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:33.440 on there, free online course. So I mean this is 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:35.959 this is pretty amazing and it just leads you right 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:38.840 to where you are. So if you're trying to further 0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:41.800 your career, further your job, just pick up some new skills. 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:44.200 I mean, yes, YouTube is a great place to start, 0:24:44.440 --> 0:24:46.520 but if you want to get a little bit more serious, 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:48.879 one of these online courses can really help. And I 0:24:48.880 --> 0:24:52.480 think John, that's probably your best bet is to check 0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:53.600 out those three places. 0:24:54.280 --> 0:24:56.800 Microsoft also has their own hub for learning. It's called 0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:57.680 Microsoft Learn. 0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:02.960 Google has one, and then LinkedIn has one, IBM has 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.000 one they call their Skills Build, LinkedIn Learning is LinkedIn. 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.080 So I mean there's just there is no there is 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:11.720 no shortage of information available and I get it, like 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:13.359 you were saying, you know, everyone wants to teach you 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:16.760 this and that, but like these are very highly targeted 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:19.280 courses to what you want to learn. And by the way, 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:22.120 it's not just for it, it is for all kinds 0:25:22.160 --> 0:25:25.120 of stuff in this world. So great question, John, Thanks 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:27.359 so much and appreciate the call today. 0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:28.480 Eight eight eight. 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:31.359 Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:35.359 two four one zero one. If you want to email. 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:38.399 You can also do that. Rich on tech dot TV. 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:40.680 I know I just gave you a lot of resources. 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:42.800 You're sitting there trying to write them all down. Do 0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:45.120 not worry about that. Just go to the website. Rich 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:48.280 on tech dot tv. I've got the show notes there. 0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:50.920 They're not there just yet for what I just said, 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:52.600 because it takes me a minute to get them on there. 0:25:52.720 --> 0:25:55.800 But this is episode one thirty four, and so if 0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:57.520 you visit in the next couple of minutes, they will 0:25:57.520 --> 0:25:58.040 be on there. 0:25:58.440 --> 0:25:59.879 And uh yeah, enjoy. 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:03.760 Before we go to break, the Better Business Bureau is 0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:09.120 warning of fake passport renewal websites. Be careful because now 0:26:09.119 --> 0:26:11.359 that you can renew your passport online, which I did, 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:12.960 and it was a very easy process. 0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:13.399 Look at me. 0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:16.760 In one month, I got my passport and my real ID. 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:22.439 I am ready to travel and I'm ready to be tracked. 0:26:24.400 --> 0:26:27.920 So these websites, here's the deal. Anytime there's a legitimate 0:26:27.920 --> 0:26:29.800 thing you could do online, there's some sort of bogus 0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:32.639 website that's trying to prey upon you. Right, So what 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.520 do people do they search on Google renew passport online? 0:26:36.560 --> 0:26:38.960 And what do you think The first five sponsored links 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:42.640 are these bogus websites that will charge you to fill 0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:46.320 out a form. By the way, they're charging a processing 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:49.760 fee to fill out a form that's free. Now is 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:50.400 that illegal? 0:26:50.640 --> 0:26:54.240 I don't know. I mean they're just helping you, right, 0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:57.880 But is it shady? Yes? So what do you need 0:26:57.920 --> 0:26:59.040 to do? Number one? 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.320 If you are filling out and renewing your passport, you 0:27:01.359 --> 0:27:02.160 can do it online. 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:02.760 It's not free. 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:04.440 You do have to pay, you know, the government a 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:06.159 little bit. I think it was one hundred and fifty bucks. 0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:09.359 But you can go to the make sure you're going 0:27:09.400 --> 0:27:11.919 to travel dot state dot gov. If you're putting your 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.600 information in a different website, don't do it. The victims 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:18.160 said they lost their money, but they also handed over 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:20.720 personal details like their Social Security number and their data 0:27:20.800 --> 0:27:25.359 birth US Passport renewals, you know, you can be done 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:29.000 online if you qualify. You have to you know, you qualify. 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:30.320 You got to fill out a little thing and see 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:33.040 if you qualify. Mostly I think it's for renewals, but 0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:35.399 just make sure that you are you're going to that 0:27:35.440 --> 0:27:39.800 travel dot state dot gov site avoids sponsored links. Anything 0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:42.720 that's at the top of your Google that's sponsored with 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:45.760 the passport renewal is probably someone that's going to charge 0:27:45.800 --> 0:27:46.160 you more. 0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:47.800 So just be careful. 0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:52.760 And this is the thing, like I often my mom 0:27:52.800 --> 0:27:54.440 is in town, and so she shown me the stuff 0:27:54.440 --> 0:27:58.040 on her Facebook and her Google searches, and a lot 0:27:58.080 --> 0:28:00.200 of the stuff that comes up as a sponsored link 0:28:00.320 --> 0:28:03.679 is kind of bogus. And so I personally use like 0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:06.920 an ad blocker, and I also use Nord has an 0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:10.679 awesome feature that I love. If you subscribe to their VPN, 0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:13.879 they've got this threat blocker and not only does it 0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:16.920 block like threats, but it also happens to block ads, 0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:20.320 which you know, I get it. People need to make 0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:22.400 money on the Internet, So I understand why the ads 0:28:22.440 --> 0:28:25.200 are there. But if I'm getting scammed because of these 0:28:25.320 --> 0:28:28.480 ads that are targeting me, that's a problem. And so 0:28:28.800 --> 0:28:31.000 that's why I don't feel bad blocking them. And it's 0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:33.240 my internet, it's my screen, it's my web browser. 0:28:33.280 --> 0:28:34.000 I could do what I want. 0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:37.359 Eighty eight Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:39.320 four to two four to one zero one. We'll get 0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:42.400 back to your calls and I'll tell you why Yahoo 0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:45.640 is uh cutting its free storage when we come back. 0:28:46.840 --> 0:28:49.960 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:54.160 out with you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one 0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:56.760 oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:28:56.880 --> 0:29:00.600 one zero one. Uh, let's go to I can't see 0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:03.200 the name on the screen. Is it Chris in Orange County? 0:29:03.560 --> 0:29:06.480 There you go, Chris in Orange County? 0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:07.240 Are on with Rich? 0:29:07.920 --> 0:29:08.120 Yeah? 0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:10.200 Hey, Rich, thank you very much, appreciate your time. Hey, 0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:14.600 I do a lot of podcasting actually broadcasting of live sports, 0:29:14.920 --> 0:29:18.360 and I do everything via Logitech's product and maybe familiar 0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:21.160 with Mivo cameras. They're a great little tool to use 0:29:21.240 --> 0:29:24.800 for what I'm doing in my broadcasting. I've got a 0:29:24.880 --> 0:29:28.960 question about Wi Fi connectivity because my workflow is cameras 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:32.680 into an iPad. I've got a hot spot that's designated 0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:36.880 to create my signal to connect things with. But I 0:29:37.120 --> 0:29:39.880 run into problems with latency and bitrate and all that 0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:42.480 with the cameras having to be adjusted just because I'm 0:29:42.520 --> 0:29:46.480 having problems with connectivity, and I'm just looking for a 0:29:46.520 --> 0:29:50.240 better means and support tool that might be able to 0:29:51.040 --> 0:29:54.960 eliminate the dropouts, eliminate the bitrate and the latency issues 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:58.360 that I encounter, and something that has pretty good range. 0:29:58.360 --> 0:29:59.080 Any thoughts on. 0:29:59.080 --> 0:30:02.080 That, well, I think it all comes down to what 0:30:02.120 --> 0:30:04.760 are you using to broadcast out like a hotspot or 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:06.840 using your phone or using a dedicated. 0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:08.640 Are using a hotspot? So I use a Nighthawk, which 0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:11.240 is a very powerful tool, and you know, I align 0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:14.600 with you know, various networks that are available out there 0:30:14.600 --> 0:30:18.680 with different companies, and the tool works well. But you know, obviously, 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:20.520 if I'm in a place where there's a bunch of 0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:23.480 iPhones that are being used, I'm pinging the same tower 0:30:23.480 --> 0:30:25.840 everybody else is. Yeah, I all cut in line because 0:30:25.840 --> 0:30:29.640 I've got an isolated signal. My concern is is, you know, 0:30:30.040 --> 0:30:33.480 we've heard things around cellular bonding and different things, et cetera, 0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:37.000 et cetera, but it's very expensive often yep, and just 0:30:37.120 --> 0:30:39.600 kind of wondering what your thought process is into how 0:30:39.600 --> 0:30:42.520 to improve it because I can run multiple cameras and 0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:44.960 I'd love to have center field first base, you know, 0:30:45.200 --> 0:30:48.120 I've got behind home plate, but I can't do that 0:30:48.320 --> 0:30:51.000 because of the fact that my Wi Fi connectivity often 0:30:51.040 --> 0:30:52.640 is slow and sluggish. 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:53.240 Yeah. 0:30:53.320 --> 0:30:56.080 Well, I mean, look, it comes down to you know, 0:30:56.240 --> 0:30:59.960 consumer versus pro tools, And like you said, you know, 0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:03.240 when we're broadcasting, we use cellular bonding, which of course 0:31:03.920 --> 0:31:08.000 is taking various signals and merging them together and it's 0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:09.040 making one signal. 0:31:09.080 --> 0:31:10.120 So if one if one. 0:31:09.960 --> 0:31:11.680 Of the carriers drops out a little bit, you know, 0:31:11.720 --> 0:31:14.840 the other carrier picks up the slack. But that, like 0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:17.000 you said, is very expensive. So if you're talking just 0:31:17.080 --> 0:31:21.680 kind of over the counter stuff, I mean, obviously, a 0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:24.160 wired connection is going to be the absolute best way 0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.760 to do things. Even if you were doing a wired 0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:30.080 connection from your you know, your iPad, it sounds like 0:31:30.080 --> 0:31:33.720 you're broadcasting from the iPad to the hot spot. The 0:31:33.760 --> 0:31:36.040 mevo camera, I'm guessing is connecting to the iPad and 0:31:36.040 --> 0:31:38.120 the iPad to the hot spot. So if you can 0:31:38.160 --> 0:31:41.080 get that connection wired, that would that would help immensely. 0:31:42.320 --> 0:31:42.520 You know. 0:31:42.600 --> 0:31:44.479 I think it also has to do with the signal 0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:46.440 that you're using. So you said you're using a hot spot, 0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:49.080 but you know, you're at the mercy of wherever you 0:31:49.160 --> 0:31:51.080 happen to set up that hot spot and whatever this 0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:54.080 the that signal is in that area, and there's two 0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:56.560 things that are going on. Number One, the signal may 0:31:56.560 --> 0:31:58.000 not be that good in that area, and that's what's 0:31:58.040 --> 0:32:01.800 causing the dropout and the problem. Number Two, you may 0:32:01.840 --> 0:32:04.080 be using such a large amount of data on this 0:32:04.200 --> 0:32:08.520 system every month that your carrier is deprioritizing your signal 0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:11.080 because there's too many other people in the area that 0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:13.560 need to get their calls and data through. It's saying, look, 0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:16.200 this guy we know is gobbling up a ton of data, 0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:18.440 so we're going to just kind of put him on 0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:20.360 the back burner for a little bit. And that can happen. 0:32:20.360 --> 0:32:24.480 I mean, these networks, these companies have the ability to 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:28.400 do what's called network congestion management, so they will sit 0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:31.960 there and prioritize different types of data based on the 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:34.600 user and based on the level of account. So a 0:32:34.600 --> 0:32:37.040 lot of people talk about, you know, when you have 0:32:37.160 --> 0:32:39.840 like a nice premium data plan from one of the 0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:43.160 big carriers like an AT and T, T Mobile, Verizon, 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:45.120 when you're paying that one hundred dollars a month, you're 0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:47.560 going to be on the top tier of data priority 0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:51.080 unless you go over your limits. And if you go over, 0:32:51.160 --> 0:32:53.400 you know, they say, oh, you get unlimited hotspot. Well 0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:57.160 nothing's really unlimited anymore, so they may really limit you 0:32:57.280 --> 0:33:00.480 after using fifty gigabytes or on a hundred gigabyte. I 0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:02.840 think AT and T is the only one that has 0:33:02.880 --> 0:33:05.480 a plan where they will not limit you in any way. 0:33:05.560 --> 0:33:07.200 I think it's like one hundred I don't know how 0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:09.040 much it is a month, but it's it's a pricey plan. 0:33:09.360 --> 0:33:12.320 But they will not deprioritize your data. So I think 0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:13.880 those are some of the things you have to look at. 0:33:13.920 --> 0:33:16.560 I think if you really want to get serious, you know, 0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:19.160 if you had something like a starlink where you know 0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:21.640 it was going to be a dedicated and pretty much 0:33:21.640 --> 0:33:24.960 the same signal everywhere you go, that's probably a better 0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:27.800 way to do it. So, you know, I think for 0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:31.320 the most part, this probably works for a ninety nine 0:33:31.320 --> 0:33:33.240 percent of the time, but there are just some times 0:33:33.280 --> 0:33:36.160 where it's just not going to be you know, it's 0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:38.160 just not going to be as good. And we've seen this, 0:33:38.320 --> 0:33:40.520 like I, you know, I broadcast from all kinds of 0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:44.160 places all the time, you know, going live on TV. 0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:47.720 Now for the radio, you know, obviously you don't really 0:33:47.760 --> 0:33:50.040 need as much bandwidth for the radio when I do 0:33:50.120 --> 0:33:53.640 a remote show versus TV TV. I mean even TV 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:55.600 don't even need that much, but you still need it. 0:33:56.960 --> 0:33:59.720 But the other thing about the going live from places 0:33:59.760 --> 0:34:02.040 is that but you know, if you get higher end equipment, 0:34:02.120 --> 0:34:03.960 if you get equipment that is, you know, a hot 0:34:04.000 --> 0:34:07.280 spot that is meant for more consumers versus professionals. 0:34:07.600 --> 0:34:08.920 It's just not going to be as good. It may 0:34:08.920 --> 0:34:10.200 not pull in as strong of a signal. 0:34:10.239 --> 0:34:12.640 The one I use for the radio show remote is 0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:15.759 this like high end hot spot that's like you know, 0:34:15.800 --> 0:34:17.799 I guess it uses cellular bonding. I think we're just 0:34:17.880 --> 0:34:20.480 using one network, but it has the potential to use 0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:21.440 more than one network. 0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:25.000 But anyway, it's a great question, Chris. It's definitely. 0:34:25.280 --> 0:34:28.040 As people are broadcasting more of these Little League games 0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:31.120 and various sports around the nation, you know, they're broadcasting 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:34.319 them wherever they are. I've got a friend at work 0:34:34.360 --> 0:34:36.560 that's actually doing this and he uses a starlink and 0:34:36.560 --> 0:34:40.319 he's just said it's game changing. It's truly unbelievable that 0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:42.840 he can broadcast a game no matter where he is, 0:34:42.840 --> 0:34:44.719 in the middle of nowhere with Little League or whatever 0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:48.400 he's doing, and with all the off the shelf kind 0:34:48.440 --> 0:34:50.840 of products and software, it's just pretty incredible what you 0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:53.759 can do. Thanks for the call today, Chris, appreciate it. 0:34:54.960 --> 0:34:57.440 If you have Yahoo email, by the way, or actually, 0:34:57.440 --> 0:34:58.560 you know, I'm gonna do that when we come back, 0:34:58.560 --> 0:34:59.799 because we don't have enough time for that, but I'm 0:34:59.800 --> 0:35:03.280 gonna I'm gonna answer this question from Lisa. Lisa writes 0:35:03.320 --> 0:35:08.360 in I received two class action lawsuit notices recently, including 0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:10.360 one tied to the AT and D data breach. I 0:35:10.440 --> 0:35:12.160 must have gotten one hundred of these emails this week. 0:35:12.400 --> 0:35:15.400 How can I verify these are legitimate? Go to the 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:19.520 website Topclassactions dot com. That's where I go to type 0:35:19.520 --> 0:35:21.759 in AT and T and you'll see the website that's 0:35:21.800 --> 0:35:24.160 the legitimate one. Just make sure that's the one you're 0:35:24.160 --> 0:35:25.840 getting the email from. 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Coming up 0:36:33.160 --> 0:36:36.320 this hour, we've got Brett Bristow, a creator of tech 0:36:36.400 --> 0:36:38.920 With Brett, he's got a great YouTube channel. He's going 0:36:38.960 --> 0:36:41.840 to share all kinds of tips and tricks about smart 0:36:41.840 --> 0:36:44.600 home tech. And I'm gonna ask him about the fact 0:36:44.640 --> 0:36:47.239 that a lot of people are unhappy right now with 0:36:47.320 --> 0:36:51.600 the way Google has been operating their Google homes. Like 0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:53.960 when you ask it a question, it basically just defaults 0:36:54.000 --> 0:36:54.439 to the web. 0:36:54.480 --> 0:36:54.640 Now. 0:36:54.640 --> 0:36:56.560 It used to give you an answer. Now it's just like, oh, 0:36:56.680 --> 0:36:58.880 here's what I found on the web. So I think 0:36:58.920 --> 0:37:01.520 they're making that transition a gemini. So in the meantime, 0:37:01.560 --> 0:37:05.279 it's not as good. This week I did test out 0:37:05.360 --> 0:37:10.520 a new printer, the EPSOM Eco tank Et twenty nine eighty. 0:37:11.239 --> 0:37:13.160 Get a lot of questions about these. You know, I've 0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:16.120 got the HP this is This is a different one 0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:18.600 because you basically squeeze it. You don't really squeeze the 0:37:18.640 --> 0:37:21.040 ink into it. You just let the ink drop into it. 0:37:21.040 --> 0:37:23.640 It's like these little almost look like injectors that you 0:37:23.760 --> 0:37:26.560 put into the device and it puts the ink in 0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:29.759 there instead of replacing a cartridge. And so you've got 0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:31.600 these bottles that you put in you fill it up. 0:37:31.600 --> 0:37:34.120 That was the trickiest part. I was just worried that 0:37:34.239 --> 0:37:39.239 the ink was gonna get everywhere. It didn't. Thankfully, the 0:37:39.280 --> 0:37:42.440 bottles they the ink apparently last for a very long time. 0:37:42.600 --> 0:37:45.640 You can refill it easily. And I found the setup 0:37:45.640 --> 0:37:50.000 of the printer was actually quite simple because they did 0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:52.040 this interesting thing where they just kind of lead you 0:37:52.080 --> 0:37:55.000 through the process with an app. So on your phone, 0:37:55.440 --> 0:37:58.799 you've got the app and it almost chats with you 0:37:58.920 --> 0:38:01.920 back and forth. So it's like chat style where it 0:38:01.920 --> 0:38:04.440 says okay, now, first things first, do this you go okay? 0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:07.200 I did that? Goes okay? Now do this, and you 0:38:07.280 --> 0:38:09.080 do that, and then it sends you a picture. It says, 0:38:09.080 --> 0:38:11.080 all right, now see this part, open up that flap 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:14.640 or whatever. So that was really cool. So I got 0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:16.440 this thing set up. It was very easy to get 0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:18.680 set up and all, like I said, all from my phone. 0:38:19.520 --> 0:38:21.680 The thing that really threw me off was loading the 0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:25.120 paper because I'm so used to that trayloader. This has 0:38:25.280 --> 0:38:28.360 a rear top loading design, so you put the paper 0:38:28.440 --> 0:38:29.640 kind of in the back of it and then it 0:38:29.760 --> 0:38:32.360 kind of comes through it. So that threw me for 0:38:32.360 --> 0:38:35.279 a loop. But I will tell you the advantage of 0:38:35.320 --> 0:38:37.880 that is for swapping paper, so when you want to 0:38:37.880 --> 0:38:40.600 put in different paper sizes, you no longer have to 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:42.960 do it. You know, pull out the tray, put in 0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:46.840 the other paper. And it's especially handy for printing photos 0:38:47.239 --> 0:38:48.960 because if you have a five x seven or four 0:38:49.080 --> 0:38:51.280 x six photo paper you want to put in there, 0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:53.560 you can easily just pop out the eight and a 0:38:53.560 --> 0:38:56.000 half by eleven paper and put in the photo paper. 0:38:56.040 --> 0:38:57.880 So I love that feature and I've been printing all 0:38:57.920 --> 0:39:00.160 kinds of pictures because of it. 0:39:00.160 --> 0:39:01.839 It's quiet, it works well. 0:39:01.880 --> 0:39:03.799 It's a little bit slower than the HP I think 0:39:03.840 --> 0:39:07.640 but overall, I think the software is better designed and simpler. 0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:10.640 Like HP is always pushing you to kind of purchase 0:39:10.719 --> 0:39:13.840 their protection plans and their ink plans and all this 0:39:13.920 --> 0:39:16.680 other stuff, but the EPSOM just sort of does what 0:39:16.680 --> 0:39:19.160 it needs to do, which is be a printer. The 0:39:19.200 --> 0:39:22.040 other downside is that there's a tiny display on the 0:39:22.080 --> 0:39:25.120 front which is really small, and you have to like 0:39:25.239 --> 0:39:27.319 navigate it using all these buttons on the front of 0:39:27.320 --> 0:39:30.400 the device, which it would have been way easier if 0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:32.160 that was just a touch screen. Maybe they have a 0:39:32.239 --> 0:39:35.880 version that's more expensive that has a touchscreen. But the 0:39:35.920 --> 0:39:38.520 price here three hundred and twenty nine dollars, which I 0:39:38.520 --> 0:39:40.800 would say watch for a sale. That seems like the 0:39:41.080 --> 0:39:43.319 regular price, Like you could probably get it on sale 0:39:43.320 --> 0:39:45.439 at some point. Maybe this is brand new, I'm not sure. 0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:49.000 The refills for the ink are about seventy five dollars 0:39:49.080 --> 0:39:51.359 for all of the ink, and I think the ink 0:39:51.400 --> 0:39:53.400 is supposed to last for a couple of years, so 0:39:53.480 --> 0:39:57.560 I'm curious to see if that's the case. Overall, very 0:39:57.640 --> 0:40:00.520 very impressed, I really kind I was using the scanner 0:40:00.560 --> 0:40:04.080 on the printer yesterday. It was great, very simple, and 0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:06.560 really it's very hands off with the software. Like you 0:40:06.680 --> 0:40:08.919 saw the app on your phone, but you can print 0:40:08.960 --> 0:40:12.640 from Android and iPhone without installing really much more. You 0:40:12.640 --> 0:40:14.239 don't have to go through the app if you don't want, 0:40:14.280 --> 0:40:15.960 you just kind of natively print to it. 0:40:16.400 --> 0:40:18.360 So I thought that was cool. Next up, I'm. 0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:21.520 Gonna test the HP version of this, I guess because 0:40:21.680 --> 0:40:25.239 epsyn is coming out with these ink tank printers. HP decided, hey, 0:40:25.280 --> 0:40:27.680 we need an ink tank printer now, and so it's 0:40:27.680 --> 0:40:29.719 the five to one oh one and I've got that 0:40:29.880 --> 0:40:31.680 to test as well, so I'm gonna see if that's 0:40:32.320 --> 0:40:35.120 a better system too. So anyway, ink tank printer is 0:40:35.160 --> 0:40:37.560 kind of different than what you're typically used to with 0:40:37.600 --> 0:40:42.000 the with the cartridges, but I like it. Also, Oh, 0:40:42.120 --> 0:40:46.239 this is this is really wild. Ring now if you 0:40:46.360 --> 0:40:47.960 if you say yes, and I think you probably have 0:40:47.960 --> 0:40:49.840 to be on some sort of paid plan if I'm guessing, 0:40:50.160 --> 0:40:55.759 but they are now sending AI notifications, so not only 0:40:55.800 --> 0:40:57.480 you know the ring if you have a ring doorbell, 0:40:57.520 --> 0:41:00.080 it just says like someone's at your front door. No, 0:40:59.840 --> 0:41:03.600 now it looks at the video using AI and it 0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:07.640 will describe what's happening in the video. So someone literally 0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:09.840 just came to our house delivering food that was not 0:41:09.960 --> 0:41:13.440 meant for us, and it says person is moving on 0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:17.560 the porch with bags. Person is standing on the porch 0:41:17.600 --> 0:41:20.080 holding a plastic bag. And then this morning when I 0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:23.080 came back from my run, it said, you know, person 0:41:23.400 --> 0:41:27.320 is it does like child adult moving towards your front 0:41:27.320 --> 0:41:30.840 door with earphones. I mean it's really specific and actually 0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:33.799 quite useful because you can see in an instant if 0:41:33.840 --> 0:41:36.719 something's important or if it's not. So if you don't 0:41:36.760 --> 0:41:39.400 have the AI toggled on, you know, if you have 0:41:39.440 --> 0:41:41.600 a Ring device and you're paying for I think you 0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:43.680 have to have a subscription or some sort of extra 0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:47.839 add on whatever, it's worth trying it out. The difference is, 0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:49.640 and I'll tell you what the big difference is is 0:41:49.640 --> 0:41:52.880 that because it's AI, they have to send your video 0:41:53.040 --> 0:41:56.239 to RING servers for processing. So yeah, your video is 0:41:56.239 --> 0:41:58.480 probably passing through Ring at some point because it's got 0:41:58.520 --> 0:42:01.480 to deliver it to your phone. But because it's looking 0:42:01.480 --> 0:42:03.919 at that video to analyze what's happening in the video, 0:42:04.320 --> 0:42:06.279 there was some sort of like little warning that said 0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:07.359 you have to be okay with this? 0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:09.279 Do you agree? And I said, yeah, sure. 0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:12.120 I mean if your Ring cameras are in public places, 0:42:12.120 --> 0:42:13.719 which is, by the way, they should be at your house, 0:42:13.760 --> 0:42:17.000 you know, front yard, backyard, door. It shouldn't be that 0:42:17.040 --> 0:42:19.359 big of a deal because it's nothing that nobody else 0:42:19.360 --> 0:42:19.759 can see. 0:42:19.880 --> 0:42:23.360 I mean, I guess they're inside. That's different. Let's go 0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:26.040 to Mark and woodn Hills. Mark, you're on with rich A. 0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:26.319 Hi. 0:42:26.480 --> 0:42:28.719 Rich. I just want to make you know I've been 0:42:28.719 --> 0:42:31.000 a cable cutter since nineteen ninety eight because most of 0:42:31.000 --> 0:42:33.080 the stuff was just rubbish and you know, junk food 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:36.000 for the mind, right, But it was the ro Coup 0:42:36.040 --> 0:42:40.160 that really turned me on back to entertainment and programming. 0:42:41.239 --> 0:42:44.680 I picked up a Roku four. I have a stick 0:42:45.440 --> 0:42:48.160 that I take when I go and travel. The Ultra 0:42:48.320 --> 0:42:51.879 is awesome, but my problem is with the Roku number four. 0:42:53.200 --> 0:42:57.160 It seems to be a rather common reputation and problem 0:42:57.280 --> 0:43:04.240 for folks. What it's it's known for whining and grinding sound. 0:43:04.840 --> 0:43:07.440 I mean, it will still pour out. I use it 0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:10.399 on a TV that I don't use often, but when 0:43:10.400 --> 0:43:12.440 I turn it on after a couple of minutes, it 0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:18.040 starts grinding and all weird sound. And I've looked online 0:43:18.080 --> 0:43:21.160 and the only solution I've seen thus far. Was somebody suggested, 0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:24.880 turn it upside down and see if the noise goes away. 0:43:25.040 --> 0:43:27.160 What was the solution? I'm sorry I missed that. What 0:43:27.200 --> 0:43:27.640 was the solution? 0:43:27.760 --> 0:43:30.640 Oh yeah, yeah, I've seen it once or twice. People said, yeah, 0:43:30.680 --> 0:43:32.080 I turn it upside down. 0:43:32.120 --> 0:43:34.200 In other words, well that can help. 0:43:34.360 --> 0:43:37.879 I mean this so it's making some sounds. I mean this, 0:43:37.880 --> 0:43:41.239 this player specifically is going on what ten years old? 0:43:41.360 --> 0:43:44.680 So and I think, what's happening here? It's got to 0:43:44.680 --> 0:43:46.920 be the fan because there's no moving parts inside this 0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:50.160 thing except a fan, I'm guessing, so that's got to 0:43:50.200 --> 0:43:53.759 be what's happening. So have you tried? I mean, there's 0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:56.680 if you're trying to, you know, save this thing, which 0:43:56.760 --> 0:43:59.439 you know after ten years. I mean, look, Rocus are great, 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:01.600 by the way, I love them. The Ultra, like you said, 0:44:01.640 --> 0:44:05.280 is fantastic. They've got a great range of apps. Pretty 0:44:05.320 --> 0:44:08.000 much every app is if it's available, is there. I 0:44:08.280 --> 0:44:11.040 you know, I love Roku because they pretty much And 0:44:11.040 --> 0:44:13.440 the guy who started it for it, what his name 0:44:13.480 --> 0:44:15.520 is off the top of my head, James might have 0:44:15.520 --> 0:44:17.480 been his name, but he basically I was at an 0:44:17.480 --> 0:44:19.640 event and he said, like I built this because this 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:22.480 is what I wanted to be able to watch TV, right, 0:44:22.920 --> 0:44:25.040 And so I think that out of all the companies 0:44:25.080 --> 0:44:27.759 out there that make these streaming sticks, they really have 0:44:27.960 --> 0:44:30.600 like the viewer in mind. And that's what I think 0:44:30.719 --> 0:44:33.359 is the greatest thing and why people love Roku because 0:44:33.400 --> 0:44:35.160 if you think about it, you know, when I put 0:44:35.160 --> 0:44:37.600 on my Google TV, they're trying to sell me all 0:44:37.680 --> 0:44:39.880 kinds of stuff. There's ads everywhere. You know, there's like 0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:41.520 here's what's you know, They're trying to get me to 0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:43.840 download apps and this and that. Yeah, same thing with 0:44:43.920 --> 0:44:45.880 Fire TV. I mean Fire TV is just like a 0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:48.839 vessel for like all things Amazon and whatever ads they 0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:51.719 can do. Apple TV is great, but it's Apple. So 0:44:51.800 --> 0:44:53.920 it's like, oh, here's our way or the highway, right, 0:44:54.000 --> 0:44:56.040 like we don't we don't they care about you, but 0:44:56.120 --> 0:44:58.440 only to a certain extent. They really care about, you know, 0:44:58.880 --> 0:45:01.200 the way they want to do things. But Roku is 0:45:01.239 --> 0:45:03.759 like this independent. It's like Switzerland. It's like, hey, we 0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:06.359 want to remain independent of everything. We're just gonna give 0:45:06.360 --> 0:45:08.640 you what you want. But I would say, Mark, if 0:45:08.680 --> 0:45:12.000 you're trying to solve the issues here, maybe a little 0:45:12.040 --> 0:45:14.200 canned air if there's a place to like spray that 0:45:14.320 --> 0:45:14.680 in there. 0:45:15.640 --> 0:45:17.520 I mean, you could try opening it. I wouldn't really 0:45:17.560 --> 0:45:19.600 recommend that because who knows what's going to happen there, 0:45:19.680 --> 0:45:23.600 could you know, be electrical shock whatever. But yeah, the 0:45:23.640 --> 0:45:27.319 fan is probably what's causing this. After ten years, it's probably. 0:45:27.520 --> 0:45:29.000 Did you Yeah, you live in La so I mean 0:45:29.040 --> 0:45:31.520 look the air, it's probably just got a lot of 0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:34.040 gunk in there, right, I mean that's probably what's happening. 0:45:35.440 --> 0:45:38.480 So that's what I recommend. Or I mean, look, Roku's 0:45:38.480 --> 0:45:39.799 are not that expensive. 0:45:39.880 --> 0:45:40.359 I get it. 0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:42.920 This thing has been going for ten years. It's great, 0:45:43.320 --> 0:45:44.960 but you know, you can get a new one if 0:45:44.960 --> 0:45:47.440 this one is just really annoying. And to me, if 0:45:47.440 --> 0:45:50.200 I'm trying to watch TV and I'm hearing a whining, 0:45:50.320 --> 0:45:54.720 worrying sound, that's going to be really obnoxious. I barely 0:45:54.760 --> 0:45:56.560 like to watch TV with the you know, the washing 0:45:56.600 --> 0:46:00.240 machine on or something like that in the background, dishwasher. 0:46:00.280 --> 0:46:02.400 But yeah, so did you solve this problem or no? 0:46:03.680 --> 0:46:07.600 Uh no, sir? Yeah, And you're right, it's a wonderful. 0:46:08.120 --> 0:46:10.640 It just it was a game changer. I do watch 0:46:10.640 --> 0:46:12.719 a lot of Pluto, which I can put on my phone, 0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:16.400 even you know, pick up. But the Roku and Pluto 0:46:16.520 --> 0:46:19.640 allow you to, uh, if you're in the news like 0:46:19.719 --> 0:46:24.880 I am a lot, you know, politician, like international perspectives 0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:28.319 on what we don't hear here is very important. So 0:46:29.239 --> 0:46:32.480 this Roku for I don't use as much, mainly because 0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:35.080 of that. But the Ultra is just fantastic. I have 0:46:35.200 --> 0:46:37.520 in my office and in the background I'm listening to 0:46:37.560 --> 0:46:40.400 this or that. Yeah, I'm gonna have to tear it 0:46:40.400 --> 0:46:43.120 apart and maybe louve it in some respect. I didn't 0:46:43.120 --> 0:46:44.880 want to break it open, but I guess I'm gonna 0:46:44.880 --> 0:46:45.120 have to. 0:46:45.360 --> 0:46:46.960 Yeah, keep me posted. I'm curious. 0:46:47.000 --> 0:46:49.960 I mean, look, it's probably not got that much inside, right, 0:46:50.040 --> 0:46:51.839 It's got a couple of things going on in there. 0:46:51.880 --> 0:46:54.080 It's if there's screws on the bottom, you can open 0:46:54.120 --> 0:46:56.680 it up easily, you know, obviously make sure it's not 0:46:56.800 --> 0:46:59.319 plugged in or anything like that. He thinks, Yeah, I 0:46:59.360 --> 0:47:00.880 mean there's you know, just see what you got and 0:47:01.320 --> 0:47:03.440 you know, and if it doesn't work out, you know, 0:47:03.920 --> 0:47:05.520 probably get a new one. I mean, they're they're like 0:47:05.520 --> 0:47:06.239 I said, you're the man. 0:47:07.520 --> 0:47:08.879 Thank you, Mark, appreciate the call. 0:47:08.920 --> 0:47:09.200 Today. 0:47:09.239 --> 0:47:11.399 Eight to eight rich One O one eight eight eight 0:47:11.480 --> 0:47:13.600 seven four to two four one zero one. I'll tell 0:47:13.640 --> 0:47:16.839 you why Yahoo is cutting its free storage. Coming up next, 0:47:17.840 --> 0:47:20.479 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:47:20.480 --> 0:47:25.799 out with you, talking technology at Richontech Dot TV. UH 0:47:25.880 --> 0:47:28.280 eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:47:28.400 --> 0:47:30.799 four to two four one zero one. You know, not 0:47:30.920 --> 0:47:34.000 every song Mom picks is gonna work out. No that 0:47:34.040 --> 0:47:36.880 I don't know what that was, but that that was, uh, 0:47:36.920 --> 0:47:37.719 that was strange. 0:47:38.200 --> 0:47:38.520 Uh. 0:47:38.640 --> 0:47:43.600 Yahoo Male is cutting their free storage apparently from one 0:47:43.760 --> 0:47:48.200 terrorbyte to twenty gigabytes, So you know, I got a 0:47:48.200 --> 0:47:52.080 couple of emails about this from folks. Seems like a 0:47:52.080 --> 0:47:54.400 big deal. I mean, if you're going from a terrorbyte 0:47:54.440 --> 0:47:58.000 to twenty gigabytes, that is a ninety eight percent reduction. 0:47:58.840 --> 0:48:02.040 But Yahoo, in a support page, says that users over 0:48:02.080 --> 0:48:04.120 the limit are going to get email notices and a 0:48:04.160 --> 0:48:07.400 grace period before their service is impacted. 0:48:08.040 --> 0:48:08.880 Yahoo calls the. 0:48:08.920 --> 0:48:12.960 Change reasonable and they, you know, they say that the 0:48:13.080 --> 0:48:15.680 I guess the reasonable limit, you'll you'll be fine for 0:48:15.719 --> 0:48:18.440 a while. I guess once you're over the limit, though, 0:48:18.480 --> 0:48:20.920 you cannot send or receive emails until you free up 0:48:20.920 --> 0:48:23.880 your space or better yet, which is what they probably 0:48:23.880 --> 0:48:26.239 want you to do is upgrade. So now they have 0:48:26.280 --> 0:48:28.480 paid plans one hundred gigs for two dollars a month, 0:48:28.520 --> 0:48:32.359 one terabyte for nine So you're telling me you used 0:48:32.360 --> 0:48:34.200 to get the terabyte for free and now it's ten 0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:39.600 dollars a month. See this is weird because okay, Yahoo 0:48:39.600 --> 0:48:43.360 mail Plus, Oh that's that's interesting. Yahoo Mail Plus is 0:48:43.640 --> 0:48:46.719 two hundred gigabytes with no ads for five dollars a month. 0:48:47.640 --> 0:48:50.239 So here's the deal. We have become accustomed to not 0:48:50.440 --> 0:48:54.160 paying for email. Most people out there just don't pay 0:48:54.160 --> 0:48:55.959 for their email unless you have a business or something 0:48:56.000 --> 0:48:57.680 like that special address that you want. 0:48:58.040 --> 0:48:59.399 But most people just get like a. 0:48:59.360 --> 0:49:04.160 Gmail, a wel, Yahoo, Outlook, dot com, and they just 0:49:04.200 --> 0:49:07.160 don't pay for email. And so the fact that Yahoo 0:49:07.200 --> 0:49:09.960 is now trying to get people to do that, you 0:49:10.040 --> 0:49:13.040 know it's worth a try. But the thing is like, okay, 0:49:13.080 --> 0:49:15.719 so if you're on something like a Gmail, right you 0:49:15.760 --> 0:49:18.960 get fifteen gigs of storage for free, that's fine. But 0:49:19.040 --> 0:49:21.719 the thing that Google has. The advantage they have is 0:49:21.719 --> 0:49:23.879 that they have a whole bunch of other products you're 0:49:23.960 --> 0:49:27.279 using that you might use storage on, so it's linked 0:49:27.320 --> 0:49:30.680 to your Google Photos. It's linked to your drive, it's 0:49:30.719 --> 0:49:33.680 linked to your docs, and so it might seem more 0:49:33.760 --> 0:49:36.960 reasonable to pay five dollars a month, two dollars a month, 0:49:36.960 --> 0:49:39.239 ten dollars a month, or you know, whatever you pay 0:49:39.280 --> 0:49:41.360 for Google because you're getting a whole bunch of stuff. 0:49:41.840 --> 0:49:44.440 So for this, two dollars a month for one hundred 0:49:44.480 --> 0:49:47.839 gigs not bad? But does that? Does Yahoo? I don't 0:49:47.840 --> 0:49:50.279 even know what Yahoo services? What do they have it 0:49:50.400 --> 0:49:54.160 these days? I mean, it's just what do they have 0:49:54.239 --> 0:49:56.040 at this point? I don't think they have like a 0:49:56.120 --> 0:50:01.800 Yahoo drive. They have Yahoo Mail, Yeah, who's secure? Yahoo Support, 0:50:01.880 --> 0:50:05.680 Yahoo Fantasy yeah. I mean it's not like they have 0:50:05.719 --> 0:50:07.560 a I don't think they have like a Yahoo drive 0:50:07.680 --> 0:50:11.200 or even Yahoo Photos. Does Yahoo have a Photos? I 0:50:11.200 --> 0:50:14.880 don't think they do. I mean it used to be 0:50:14.880 --> 0:50:16.759 Flicker as part of that, but they're gone. They're part 0:50:16.760 --> 0:50:19.200 of their own thing now there's I think they're smug 0:50:19.239 --> 0:50:23.720 mug bought them. Uh anyway, So yeah, if you're affected 0:50:23.719 --> 0:50:26.640 by this, I would go to the help page on 0:50:26.840 --> 0:50:28.799 I'll put the link to the help page. But they're 0:50:28.800 --> 0:50:31.239 going to give you tools to manage your space, to 0:50:31.280 --> 0:50:33.959 get rid of you know, big files. And things like that. 0:50:34.400 --> 0:50:37.440 The other thing is you can try that's easy. It's 0:50:37.560 --> 0:50:41.719 just empty your trash after deleting your emails, because otherwise 0:50:41.760 --> 0:50:45.680 it's still taking up storage and they probably so once 0:50:45.719 --> 0:50:48.080 you put the emails in the trash, they probably stay 0:50:48.080 --> 0:50:51.280 there for a certain amount of time before they fully delete. 0:50:51.719 --> 0:50:53.239 So if you don't delete them, if you want to 0:50:53.280 --> 0:50:56.160 reclaim your storage instantly, you could just empty the trash instantly. 0:50:56.920 --> 0:50:58.759 But I think you know it's just you'll know if 0:50:58.800 --> 0:51:03.880 you're affected by that. Speaking of email, Richard and Calabasas says, 0:51:03.920 --> 0:51:07.160 I have way too many old emails in Gmail, almost 0:51:07.200 --> 0:51:09.359 two hundred thousand, and I want to delete them from 0:51:09.440 --> 0:51:13.320 particular senders in bulk. The problem is Gmail only seems 0:51:13.320 --> 0:51:16.719 to let me do fifty at a time. Here's the 0:51:16.760 --> 0:51:19.480 trick to that, Richard. You have to go to your desktop. 0:51:19.800 --> 0:51:24.000 Go to your desktop. And what I do is, I've 0:51:24.080 --> 0:51:26.200 told you this, I am ruthless when it comes to 0:51:26.239 --> 0:51:28.400 cleaning out my email. I do have a ton of 0:51:28.400 --> 0:51:31.560 emails in Gmail. But what I do is, when someone 0:51:31.600 --> 0:51:32.960 sends me an email I want to get rid of 0:51:33.000 --> 0:51:36.440 all the emails. I just take their email address and 0:51:36.600 --> 0:51:39.960 copy and paste it and so copy that in, put 0:51:39.960 --> 0:51:42.319 it in the search bar, and now all of the 0:51:42.360 --> 0:51:45.120 emails from that person comes up. And what you want 0:51:45.160 --> 0:51:48.920 to do is tap the select icon, the box right 0:51:49.000 --> 0:51:51.719 underneath the froom up at the top almost and that 0:51:51.760 --> 0:51:54.680 will select all their emails. And if there's more emails 0:51:54.680 --> 0:51:56.960 that are not on that first page, it'll pop up 0:51:56.960 --> 0:51:58.600 with a little thing that says, hey, do you want 0:51:58.600 --> 0:52:01.800 to select all emails in the conversation, like all one thousand? 0:52:02.640 --> 0:52:04.880 Tap yes, and it will select every email from that 0:52:04.920 --> 0:52:07.279 person and then you can delete them. Now, keep in 0:52:07.320 --> 0:52:10.879 mind your screen takes a second or two to refresh, 0:52:11.040 --> 0:52:13.680 so if it looks like nothing's happening, it's it's deleting 0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:16.080 the oldest emails first, and it's making its way to 0:52:16.080 --> 0:52:18.839 that first email in the top. Eighty eight rich one 0:52:18.880 --> 0:52:20.960 on one eighty eight seven four to two four one 0:52:21.040 --> 0:52:23.640 zero one. Coming up, we're talking tech with Brett right 0:52:23.640 --> 0:52:28.680 here on rich On Tech. Welcome, Welcome back to rich 0:52:28.760 --> 0:52:31.400 On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking 0:52:31.440 --> 0:52:35.319 technology at triple A rich one oh one eight eight 0:52:35.320 --> 0:52:37.759 eight seven four to two four one zero one. What 0:52:37.920 --> 0:52:41.040 you can't see at home is what I see, and 0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:43.960 what I see is Bobo our boardop And when I 0:52:44.520 --> 0:52:46.920 do something silly or most of the time when I 0:52:46.960 --> 0:52:49.760 mess up, he just falls on the floor laughing. 0:52:50.239 --> 0:52:51.359 And that's what he's doing right now. 0:52:51.400 --> 0:52:55.120 So you don't see that I do, and uh, it's 0:52:55.200 --> 0:52:58.200 just it entertains me every time. Uh, but I see 0:52:58.239 --> 0:53:00.440 the calls. I know We've got you going to get 0:53:00.440 --> 0:53:02.800 to the calls in just a few minutes. Right now, 0:53:02.840 --> 0:53:06.960 we've got Brett Bristow on, creator of Tech with Brett. 0:53:06.960 --> 0:53:09.520 He runs a popular YouTube channel that's all about smart 0:53:09.560 --> 0:53:10.640 home and technology. 0:53:11.200 --> 0:53:12.920 And Brett, welcome to the show. 0:53:13.440 --> 0:53:14.600 Thanks for having me on, Rich. 0:53:14.800 --> 0:53:17.600 So tell me what was the you know, why did 0:53:17.640 --> 0:53:19.920 you create this YouTube channel? Like what was your kind 0:53:19.920 --> 0:53:22.399 of first idea for it? And it's taken off? 0:53:22.440 --> 0:53:22.640 I know. 0:53:23.320 --> 0:53:25.520 Yeah, Well, when I was growing up, I was surrounded 0:53:25.520 --> 0:53:28.759 by technology, and then as more technology came out, I 0:53:28.840 --> 0:53:32.360 found that there was missing pieces of people on YouTube 0:53:32.400 --> 0:53:35.640 talking about certain parts, especially how they're going to be 0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:38.960 used by a consumer like me. So I began starting 0:53:38.960 --> 0:53:41.640 with the smartphone I had, and talked about how to 0:53:41.760 --> 0:53:44.200 use all the things that you can do, because definitely 0:53:44.200 --> 0:53:46.719 we're not using all the features that these products have. 0:53:47.040 --> 0:53:50.560 So I began to demo different tutorials on what these 0:53:50.560 --> 0:53:53.279 can do and made YouTube videos about how they can 0:53:53.320 --> 0:53:55.560 benefit your life. Because you've already bought it, why not 0:53:55.680 --> 0:53:56.680 make the most out of it. 0:53:56.800 --> 0:53:58.000 What was that first phone? 0:53:59.040 --> 0:54:01.359 The first phone I think was a Galaxy S five 0:54:01.440 --> 0:54:04.080 and I remember making a video of me dunking it 0:54:04.160 --> 0:54:06.920 in water and then my daughter drank the water. Then 0:54:06.960 --> 0:54:10.680 you just dunk the phone real nice brat. Yeah, hey, 0:54:10.760 --> 0:54:12.359 it was a fun video. We had a great time. 0:54:12.400 --> 0:54:14.480 Oh my gosh, that was so it's so wild because 0:54:14.480 --> 0:54:17.120 now phones, I mean, they're not boring, but like the features, 0:54:17.160 --> 0:54:19.719 like we understand their water proof or this or that, 0:54:19.760 --> 0:54:21.799 but like when these phones first came out with these 0:54:21.880 --> 0:54:25.040 unique features, Like I remember going to a hotel pool 0:54:25.120 --> 0:54:28.080 with one of the Galaxy S whatever when it got 0:54:28.080 --> 0:54:30.000 water resistance, and I brought it to the pool and 0:54:30.000 --> 0:54:31.960 like took under, you know, pictures of my kid, Like 0:54:31.960 --> 0:54:32.640 we went swimming. 0:54:32.640 --> 0:54:33.880 So it was like kind of fun, you know. 0:54:34.320 --> 0:54:36.480 Now it's like okay, yeah, it's like everything is like 0:54:36.560 --> 0:54:38.759 table stakes, Like okay, it's water resistant, what else can 0:54:38.760 --> 0:54:41.520 you do? And yeah, some of your most popular videos 0:54:41.560 --> 0:54:43.319 are the ones that tell you all the things you 0:54:43.320 --> 0:54:45.759 can do with these gadgets, which you know most people 0:54:45.800 --> 0:54:48.279 are not. They're not getting the most out of all 0:54:48.280 --> 0:54:50.160 of them. So that's good that you do that. So 0:54:50.600 --> 0:54:52.399 give me the current state of smart home tech. Who 0:54:52.400 --> 0:54:53.120 do you think is winning? 0:54:53.719 --> 0:54:53.919 Uh? 0:54:53.960 --> 0:54:54.720 Who is winning? 0:54:54.800 --> 0:54:58.000 Right now? It's kind of all over the place. I'm 0:54:58.040 --> 0:55:00.839 still a Google Home fan. Alexis doing great, But there's 0:55:00.880 --> 0:55:03.400 some other third parties like home Assistant. I don't know 0:55:03.440 --> 0:55:06.319 if you've heard about that, but that's a lot of 0:55:06.320 --> 0:55:08.399 people are going that way where it's kind of all 0:55:08.440 --> 0:55:10.719 done on your own, at your own home, with your 0:55:10.719 --> 0:55:13.120 own server. I haven't got there, but a lot of 0:55:13.120 --> 0:55:15.520 people are leaning that way because they're tired of waiting 0:55:15.560 --> 0:55:18.440 for these other companies to come out with these features 0:55:18.440 --> 0:55:20.840 that work across the board with all products. 0:55:20.880 --> 0:55:23.120 Well, that's interesting. Is that kind of like what Thread 0:55:23.239 --> 0:55:25.120 is on these other ones? Because I know Thread does 0:55:25.160 --> 0:55:27.480 everything locally, but that's not the same thing, is it. 0:55:27.800 --> 0:55:29.759 Yeah, Thread is kind of like a protocol that you 0:55:29.800 --> 0:55:32.960 can use. So Home Assistant has all the protocols, at 0:55:33.040 --> 0:55:35.080 least they say they do, so you can take whatever 0:55:35.160 --> 0:55:37.399 kind of device you have and then incorporate it into 0:55:37.440 --> 0:55:41.840 their platform, where others like Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa. 0:55:42.080 --> 0:55:44.680 You can use specific devices that are kind of built that, 0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:47.759 but Thread has allowed you to add pretty much all 0:55:47.800 --> 0:55:50.319 of these different devices into those platforms as well. 0:55:50.320 --> 0:55:53.000 Oh I see Home Assistant is like open source. That's 0:55:53.040 --> 0:55:55.640 cool exactly. Yeah, oh okay, So you have to have 0:55:55.719 --> 0:55:57.360 a little how would you run this? Like would you 0:55:57.400 --> 0:55:59.200 run out on like a computer or something in your home? 0:55:59.600 --> 0:56:01.839 You can You can totally do that all on your own, 0:56:01.920 --> 0:56:03.799 but they do sell a little I think it's one 0:56:03.880 --> 0:56:06.880 hundred dollars box that you can then apply. I haven't 0:56:06.880 --> 0:56:08.880 done this myself, but everyone tells me I need to 0:56:08.960 --> 0:56:11.480 because it answers all the problems with smart homes. But 0:56:11.520 --> 0:56:13.200 it's a little thing you can add to your home 0:56:13.320 --> 0:56:15.879 like a hub and then start working from there. 0:56:16.160 --> 0:56:18.359 It sounds like it's much more hands on, like it's 0:56:18.360 --> 0:56:20.800 not for the average like the average person could plug 0:56:20.800 --> 0:56:23.520 in a Google Home or a smart speaker from Amazon 0:56:23.560 --> 0:56:25.640 and be up and running in like ten seconds. This 0:56:25.719 --> 0:56:28.359 seems like you have more control over what you're doing, 0:56:28.400 --> 0:56:30.720 but it's more for like tinkerers that know what they're doing. 0:56:30.920 --> 0:56:33.960 Exactly where I myself, I like to have it, I 0:56:34.080 --> 0:56:35.920 pick it up, I set it up and it's ready 0:56:35.920 --> 0:56:37.719 to go. I don't need a tinker with too much 0:56:37.960 --> 0:56:39.000 to get it working the way. 0:56:38.880 --> 0:56:39.360 I want it to. 0:56:39.600 --> 0:56:42.200 Now, you mentioned Google Home that you're a big fan. 0:56:42.320 --> 0:56:44.680 Now I know my Google Home in recent months has 0:56:44.719 --> 0:56:47.800 pretty much just given answers from the web at this point, 0:56:47.840 --> 0:56:50.360 like anything you ask it, it's like it's not really 0:56:50.680 --> 0:56:52.879 it's like in this in between phase of it used 0:56:52.880 --> 0:56:55.799 to be Google Assistant, it's not yet Gemini. What is 0:56:55.840 --> 0:56:57.960 happening with that? Like, are we gonna get Gemini on 0:56:58.000 --> 0:56:59.360 these Google Home devices? 0:56:59.680 --> 0:57:01.719 Yeah, this is something I've been waiting for for a 0:57:01.800 --> 0:57:05.520 long time because Google's really pushing Gemini and I'm on 0:57:05.920 --> 0:57:09.240 the public beta preview or whatever. So I do currently 0:57:09.239 --> 0:57:12.719 have Gemini on my Google Home speaker. So you may 0:57:12.840 --> 0:57:14.520 be able to do it in the settings. You can 0:57:14.560 --> 0:57:16.200 actually go in and switch if you want to use 0:57:16.240 --> 0:57:18.800 Google Assistant or if you want to switch it to Gemini, 0:57:18.960 --> 0:57:22.600 which is rolling out to certain devices that you can 0:57:22.680 --> 0:57:24.880 use it. And I've been using that on my devices 0:57:24.880 --> 0:57:27.600 at home and there's some good things that work great. 0:57:27.760 --> 0:57:29.840 Other things it's still trying to figure out how to 0:57:29.880 --> 0:57:32.520 do and learning and it's a stepping process. But I 0:57:32.520 --> 0:57:33.760 think they're headed in the right direction. 0:57:34.200 --> 0:57:36.280 I'm on the public preview and I check like every 0:57:36.360 --> 0:57:38.560 day if I can get Gemini, and like, it's just not. 0:57:38.960 --> 0:57:41.800 It's either I'm looking in the wrong place or it's 0:57:41.840 --> 0:57:44.560 just not available to me just yet. So I am, yeah, 0:57:44.600 --> 0:57:47.560 I don't have it just yet still, So but once 0:57:47.600 --> 0:57:49.040 you have it, I mean that should make things a 0:57:49.080 --> 0:57:49.520 lot better. 0:57:49.560 --> 0:57:50.480 So is Gemini. 0:57:50.520 --> 0:57:52.440 It can answer questions, but it can also control the 0:57:52.440 --> 0:57:53.240 smart home stuff. 0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:55.640 Yeah, so the main thing I'm using it for still 0:57:55.720 --> 0:57:58.320 is controlling my smart home stuff, so it now has 0:57:58.360 --> 0:58:01.040 all that integrated. One of the new things that I've 0:58:01.080 --> 0:58:03.480 noticed is if I set a timer, I can now 0:58:03.520 --> 0:58:06.120 see the timer on my Android phone without having to 0:58:06.200 --> 0:58:08.400 ask again and again when the timer's going to run. 0:58:08.400 --> 0:58:11.600 So there's some integration there. There's still some things like 0:58:11.680 --> 0:58:13.680 I asked it to turn off a fan last night, 0:58:13.800 --> 0:58:16.640 but it turned off the wrong fan, so we're still 0:58:17.160 --> 0:58:19.880 getting that kind of worked out. But then there's some 0:58:20.040 --> 0:58:22.720 extra integration, like if you have a Google Nest camera, 0:58:23.440 --> 0:58:27.120 the new Nest cameras can understand what's happening in the scene, 0:58:27.120 --> 0:58:29.200 so I can actually ask when my son was in 0:58:29.240 --> 0:58:32.360 the backyard camera and it will let me know when 0:58:32.360 --> 0:58:33.360 it last saw him. 0:58:33.640 --> 0:58:34.840 Oh, that's cool. That's it. 0:58:34.880 --> 0:58:37.320 I was just talking about the Ring notifications I'm getting 0:58:37.640 --> 0:58:40.080 that are AI. So Ring is using AI to look 0:58:40.080 --> 0:58:43.120 at what's happening with the video camera and it will 0:58:43.120 --> 0:58:45.840 send you notification saying not just someone's at your front door, 0:58:45.880 --> 0:58:48.520 it'll say there is a delivery person with a bag 0:58:48.560 --> 0:58:50.120 at the front door, you know, something like that. 0:58:50.320 --> 0:58:52.880 So yeah, very similar to what that's doing. And it's 0:58:52.920 --> 0:58:54.560 really helpful. You can go on the app too, and 0:58:54.640 --> 0:58:56.760 it shows you know, this person was on their phone 0:58:56.840 --> 0:58:59.000 under the umbrella in the backyard, and I'm like, wow, 0:58:59.040 --> 0:59:01.240 that's pretty cool to have all that detail that you 0:59:01.240 --> 0:59:02.200 can even search through. 0:59:02.320 --> 0:59:03.040 Yeah, that's cool. 0:59:03.320 --> 0:59:07.120 Any standout gadgets you've been testing recently that you would recommend. 0:59:07.400 --> 0:59:09.040 That I would recommend. Well, this year has been the 0:59:09.120 --> 0:59:11.800 year of robots at my house, so we've been doing 0:59:11.840 --> 0:59:15.280 all kinds of robot vacuum in mops, robots, lawnmowers. I 0:59:15.320 --> 0:59:17.160 don't have a pool, but I've also tested out a 0:59:17.200 --> 0:59:22.160 few robot pool cleaners, and the latest ones is the Narwal. 0:59:22.360 --> 0:59:25.480 I just test out their new Narwal Flow, which mops 0:59:25.640 --> 0:59:29.600 perfectly in the home and vacuums up everything. So makes 0:59:29.640 --> 0:59:31.680 our house a lot cleaner as we have all these 0:59:31.760 --> 0:59:33.760 kids running around to make it dirty every day. 0:59:33.920 --> 0:59:34.160 Yeah. 0:59:34.200 --> 0:59:36.760 Wait, how many kids you have? We have four kids? Okay, 0:59:36.800 --> 0:59:38.919 four kids. Yeah, that's a lot. My parents had five. 0:59:39.120 --> 0:59:41.479 I've got two and I we're good with two because 0:59:41.480 --> 0:59:44.320 it's it's it's a lot, you know, kids are My 0:59:44.480 --> 0:59:47.240 kid just went to high school this week, so I'm like, oh, 0:59:47.280 --> 0:59:48.480 it's it's wild. 0:59:49.280 --> 0:59:51.120 So there's a lot to clean up, that's sure. 0:59:51.160 --> 0:59:53.840 Well, I've got one of those robotic vacuums the now, 0:59:53.960 --> 0:59:57.080 the narwalal Flow. Is that an upright or is that 0:59:57.120 --> 0:59:59.200 an actual? Like it just goes by itself. It just 0:59:59.200 --> 1:00:02.240 goes by itself, so okay, all on its own. You 1:00:02.240 --> 1:00:04.480 can have it run while you're sleeping and it mops 1:00:04.480 --> 1:00:07.240 and vacuums and does everything. Okay, Yeah, that's handy. I mean, 1:00:07.240 --> 1:00:09.400 I've got the upright one from robo Rock and I 1:00:09.560 --> 1:00:11.880 love it. I mean, is it is so cool to 1:00:11.880 --> 1:00:14.080 be able to mop and vacuum at the same time, 1:00:14.480 --> 1:00:16.280 because you would think that it wouldn't be good at 1:00:16.280 --> 1:00:18.480 either of those, but it's really good at both of 1:00:18.520 --> 1:00:19.080 those things. 1:00:19.400 --> 1:00:22.040 That's the favorite product I brought home from my wife. 1:00:22.080 --> 1:00:23.960 She loves how it's just so quick and easy to 1:00:24.240 --> 1:00:25.160 quickly get it done. 1:00:25.440 --> 1:00:30.120 Yeah, okay, So let's talk about a common question. I 1:00:30.120 --> 1:00:31.840 know you got probably a lot of emails from people 1:00:31.880 --> 1:00:34.920 that watch your channel on YouTube Tech with Brett. What 1:00:35.000 --> 1:00:37.360 are some of the common questions you get these days 1:00:37.400 --> 1:00:39.360 about technology and smart homes. 1:00:39.920 --> 1:00:42.200 So one of the biggest things is how things are 1:00:42.200 --> 1:00:44.840 going to work together or how you can have them 1:00:44.840 --> 1:00:47.720 work together. So you know, what smartlights should I get 1:00:47.760 --> 1:00:49.720 to incorporate it into my smart home if I want 1:00:49.720 --> 1:00:52.040 them to automatically turn off at night, or when I 1:00:52.080 --> 1:00:54.160 open a door with a sensor. So those are some 1:00:54.200 --> 1:00:57.360 of the big things that people are focusing on, and 1:00:57.440 --> 1:01:00.000 in my life that's what I use mainly, just simple 1:01:00.160 --> 1:01:03.560 little products that benefit my life. Like we have a 1:01:03.680 --> 1:01:06.640 garage without a window, and nobody ever wants to go 1:01:06.720 --> 1:01:08.280 in there if it's dark. So I have a little 1:01:08.320 --> 1:01:11.040 door sensor right on the door. You open the door, 1:01:11.080 --> 1:01:13.200 and it automatically turns on the lights that are on 1:01:13.240 --> 1:01:15.480 a smart light switch. So the grudge has never been 1:01:15.600 --> 1:01:18.840 dark to us, even though it's just because we're opening 1:01:18.840 --> 1:01:21.480 the door. The light's automatically tron, which is a huge 1:01:21.640 --> 1:01:22.920 benefit to our lives. 1:01:23.200 --> 1:01:25.000 Yeah, and it's such a small thing, but this is 1:01:25.000 --> 1:01:27.400 what I find about the home. The smart home tech 1:01:27.440 --> 1:01:30.600 stuff is like it's like you set it up once 1:01:30.800 --> 1:01:33.600 and hopefully it works for a very long time. But 1:01:33.680 --> 1:01:37.320 it really like changes the dynamic of things in your home, 1:01:37.800 --> 1:01:40.480 and it seems intimidating at first to like set it up. 1:01:40.520 --> 1:01:42.680 Like I've got a system in my kitchen where I've 1:01:42.720 --> 1:01:45.640 got those lights underneath the cabinets and I set up 1:01:45.640 --> 1:01:48.320 a sensor, like a motion sensor. So every time I 1:01:48.360 --> 1:01:51.400 walk into my kitchen, the lights under the cabinets come on, 1:01:51.840 --> 1:01:53.520 and I love it. And I set it up like 1:01:53.640 --> 1:01:56.840 years ago and it still works. And it's just one 1:01:56.840 --> 1:01:58.080 of those things that was like, yeah, it took a 1:01:58.120 --> 1:01:59.960 little bit to figure out, but once you do. Or 1:02:00.080 --> 1:02:02.960 in the hallway, I've got a light that you know, 1:02:03.000 --> 1:02:05.080 you've got a sensor in the hallway and every time 1:02:05.080 --> 1:02:07.400 you get near that hallway, the light comes on. And 1:02:07.440 --> 1:02:09.720 by the way, at night, the light comes on at 1:02:10.040 --> 1:02:12.720 a varying brightness, like a lower brightness. So it's like 1:02:12.720 --> 1:02:14.800 these little things that like once you figure it out 1:02:14.800 --> 1:02:17.000 and you get it up and running, it really does 1:02:17.040 --> 1:02:18.919 impact your life in a pretty beneficial way. 1:02:19.400 --> 1:02:23.480 Yeah, you're talking advanced automations now, but clearly pretty easy 1:02:23.520 --> 1:02:26.720 to do and something that changes the way you run 1:02:26.760 --> 1:02:29.240 life and it makes things easier and more fun kind. 1:02:29.040 --> 1:02:31.520 Of Now in your home? Can anyone else figure out 1:02:31.520 --> 1:02:33.400 these automations? Because that's the thing, Like if I do 1:02:33.480 --> 1:02:36.320 something wrong, my wife is like, why isn't this work? 1:02:36.360 --> 1:02:37.440 And I'm like, I give you. 1:02:37.400 --> 1:02:40.960 A minute here, Like something changed, clearly, Yeah, that's That's 1:02:40.960 --> 1:02:41.280 been a. 1:02:41.200 --> 1:02:43.400 Problem on a few things I've added. So whenever I'm 1:02:43.400 --> 1:02:45.760 adding a new product to the home, I think about 1:02:45.960 --> 1:02:47.800 is everyone going to be able to use this? So 1:02:47.840 --> 1:02:50.920 I really like products that you can easily use, Like 1:02:50.960 --> 1:02:53.840 I use Cassada smart light switches in my home and 1:02:53.920 --> 1:02:57.200 they have controllers right on your light switch, or I 1:02:57.200 --> 1:02:59.320 can go on the app and control everything, or I 1:02:59.360 --> 1:03:02.320 can set up automations where at nine o'clock at night 1:03:02.320 --> 1:03:04.600 and the light automatically turns on and then it turns 1:03:04.600 --> 1:03:06.800 off at a certain period of time. So I like 1:03:06.880 --> 1:03:09.280 having all the different ways you can control the home 1:03:09.320 --> 1:03:11.360 instead of me being the only one that knows how 1:03:11.400 --> 1:03:12.040 to do anything. 1:03:12.160 --> 1:03:13.800 Yeah, that's a good one, all right. We got less 1:03:13.800 --> 1:03:16.080 than a minute. Any useful apps or websites you want 1:03:16.080 --> 1:03:17.120 to recommend before we go. 1:03:17.400 --> 1:03:19.600 You know, I think we talked about Gemini, but even 1:03:19.720 --> 1:03:22.800 just using Gemini, they have this new video feature you've 1:03:22.800 --> 1:03:25.000 probably talked about a lot, but that you can ask 1:03:25.040 --> 1:03:28.040 it questions. And my dad's even using that to help 1:03:28.120 --> 1:03:30.560 him learn how to use his Alexa better. So there's 1:03:30.680 --> 1:03:33.800 kind of some integration there that you can use. Because 1:03:33.840 --> 1:03:35.320 now they're pretty smart. 1:03:35.320 --> 1:03:35.880 All the AI. 1:03:36.360 --> 1:03:38.520 Yeah, I mean AI is everywhere, and yes, I know 1:03:38.560 --> 1:03:40.960 people are scared of it and it's apprehensive, but it's 1:03:41.160 --> 1:03:43.640 it does do some really cool things when it works right. 1:03:44.280 --> 1:03:48.920 Brett Pristo Tech with Brett is the YouTube channel all 1:03:49.000 --> 1:03:51.240 kinds of tips and tricks to help you make your 1:03:51.280 --> 1:03:54.200 tech work the way you want it to check them 1:03:54.200 --> 1:03:54.800 out on YouTube. 1:03:54.800 --> 1:03:57.439 Thanks for joining me today, Thanks so much. Rich all right, 1:03:57.840 --> 1:03:58.360 I'll put. 1:03:58.200 --> 1:04:01.120 The link to Brett's YouTube channel my website rich on 1:04:01.240 --> 1:04:04.040 tech dot tv coming up. We'll take your calls at 1:04:04.040 --> 1:04:06.720 eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:04:06.800 --> 1:04:07.400 four to two. 1:04:07.480 --> 1:04:12.320 Four one zero one. Welcome back to rich on tech. 1:04:12.520 --> 1:04:15.080 Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:04:15.240 --> 1:04:20.240 seven four to two four one zero one. Rich on 1:04:20.320 --> 1:04:23.640 tech dot tv is the website. If you were listening 1:04:23.640 --> 1:04:26.440 to the interview with Brett, I got everything you mentioned 1:04:26.440 --> 1:04:29.040 linked up on the website rich on tech dot tv. 1:04:30.840 --> 1:04:35.720 Let's go to Kathy in Los Angeles. Kathy, welcome to show. 1:04:35.840 --> 1:04:37.280 Rich. Hi are you. 1:04:37.440 --> 1:04:39.840 I'm doing fantastic. Thank you for asking. 1:04:40.840 --> 1:04:49.600 Okay, here's my question. I am a reseller on eBay, posh, CRAIGSLISTA. 1:04:50.920 --> 1:04:55.840 I have a lot of clothing items with tags, the 1:04:55.920 --> 1:05:00.840 original tags A lot of them have, especially from Macy's. 1:05:00.880 --> 1:05:04.360 In order to return the items, there is a sticker 1:05:04.480 --> 1:05:07.120 with a barcode. Yes, and if you don't have that 1:05:07.240 --> 1:05:10.120 sticker with the barcode, it looks like you can't return it. 1:05:10.200 --> 1:05:10.560 Correct. 1:05:10.600 --> 1:05:13.760 Well, my question is if I sell the item to somebody, 1:05:14.440 --> 1:05:18.320 can they access that credit card information? 1:05:19.600 --> 1:05:24.280 Oh that's a great question. So those little barcodes, let's see. 1:05:24.280 --> 1:05:26.480 So the Macy's barcodes, I'm gonna see if there's anything 1:05:26.600 --> 1:05:32.080 documented about what's on those What info do they hold? 1:05:32.160 --> 1:05:34.640 So I think that barcode what I think it does? 1:05:34.920 --> 1:05:39.000 I know they started this to combat theft and you know, 1:05:39.320 --> 1:05:43.040 fraudulent returns and things like that, So I think that 1:05:43.160 --> 1:05:48.360 barcode links up that item to a particular receipt, and 1:05:48.400 --> 1:05:52.120 I think that's all it does. But I don't think 1:05:52.160 --> 1:05:56.919 that's that barcode specifically holds any information that you could 1:05:56.920 --> 1:05:59.160 scan to see it. Now, you could get a barcode 1:05:59.160 --> 1:06:02.040 scanning app on your But the thing is what that 1:06:02.120 --> 1:06:04.120 does is it's just going to give you it doesn't 1:06:04.280 --> 1:06:07.000 don't they have a number listed on the barcode underneath it? 1:06:07.960 --> 1:06:09.520 You mean like a bunch of numbers. 1:06:09.600 --> 1:06:11.760 Yeah, yeah, So I think what it's doing is it's 1:06:11.840 --> 1:06:15.720 just it's just that barcode is just giving those numbers. 1:06:15.760 --> 1:06:17.960 That's all it's doing. Now, if you were if you 1:06:17.960 --> 1:06:21.560 had access to Macy's database, you could pop those numbers 1:06:21.600 --> 1:06:25.120 into a database and then see what Macy's has connected 1:06:25.160 --> 1:06:27.960 to that. But the average person does not have access 1:06:28.000 --> 1:06:28.240 to that. 1:06:28.320 --> 1:06:31.200 So so anyway, if I sell it to somebody in 1:06:31.240 --> 1:06:34.240 another state when there's a Macy's, they go they can 1:06:34.280 --> 1:06:37.240 take it to Macy's and go, hi, I would like 1:06:37.320 --> 1:06:42.240 to return this. Would they be able to return it 1:06:42.280 --> 1:06:44.080 without physical receipts? 1:06:44.360 --> 1:06:46.480 Well, I don't know does Macy's allow you to do that? 1:06:46.840 --> 1:06:50.320 Because I think that they basically did. So when you 1:06:50.360 --> 1:06:51.000 go to Macy's. 1:06:51.000 --> 1:06:51.240 Have you. 1:06:51.440 --> 1:06:53.920 I haven't returned to Macy's in a while. But basically, 1:06:54.400 --> 1:06:57.560 do they just scan that little barcode on the clothing. 1:06:57.240 --> 1:07:01.000 And that's it? Yep, and it brings up everything? Now, 1:07:01.320 --> 1:07:01.920 why would you? 1:07:02.120 --> 1:07:04.080 Okay, So if that's the case, maybe you just don't 1:07:04.120 --> 1:07:05.560 include these barcodes. 1:07:05.080 --> 1:07:06.120 On the on the No. 1:07:06.120 --> 1:07:09.680 No, I just removed like four today, I thought, because 1:07:09.720 --> 1:07:13.760 I'm really LERI of barcodes. Which leads me to another question. 1:07:13.840 --> 1:07:17.680 Because I buy a lot on Amazon and the box 1:07:17.800 --> 1:07:20.800 is the banks, there are tons of barcodes. Yes, I 1:07:20.880 --> 1:07:24.720 rip off my address, but there's still all these bar codes. 1:07:24.840 --> 1:07:27.320 Should I rip everything off or cover it? 1:07:28.080 --> 1:07:28.240 Uh? 1:07:28.280 --> 1:07:28.360 No? 1:07:28.440 --> 1:07:30.160 I don't think you need to anything. That is. 1:07:30.880 --> 1:07:33.760 It is a great question as well, because I often 1:07:33.880 --> 1:07:37.000 wonder this when I reuse a box from Amazon. So 1:07:37.320 --> 1:07:40.520 a lot of those barcodes are just internal to their 1:07:40.600 --> 1:07:43.440 system and so they're not going to have any personal 1:07:43.680 --> 1:07:47.439 identifiable information that links them to you. The main thing 1:07:47.480 --> 1:07:49.440 that might link them to you is if there is 1:07:49.520 --> 1:07:53.560 a tracking number on there from a major tracking company 1:07:53.600 --> 1:07:55.120 like a UPS or a FedEx. 1:07:55.160 --> 1:07:58.640 But you know Amazon doesn't love their own stuff really Yeah? 1:07:58.640 --> 1:08:01.960 Well ah, well yeah, so I would take those off 1:08:02.720 --> 1:08:05.080 because what you could do is, now here's the thing. 1:08:05.160 --> 1:08:07.520 It may not show your address, but it may show 1:08:07.600 --> 1:08:10.120 where it was delivered. So let's say you live in 1:08:10.360 --> 1:08:12.040 you know, you said you live in LA. Let's say 1:08:12.280 --> 1:08:15.480 you lived in a very specific city that this package 1:08:15.520 --> 1:08:17.720 was delivered to. It would say that name of that 1:08:17.800 --> 1:08:20.680 city if someone popped in that tracking number, so that 1:08:20.880 --> 1:08:23.320 you know. And I think it's good that you're you're 1:08:23.439 --> 1:08:26.320 aware of all these different things, because yes, we should 1:08:26.320 --> 1:08:28.880 be questioning this stuff and making sure that if you're 1:08:28.920 --> 1:08:31.639 reusing something or you're, you know, sending something to someone, 1:08:31.960 --> 1:08:33.880 you know, even something as simple as a picture from 1:08:33.920 --> 1:08:37.280 your smartphone, it may include your GPS information in there. 1:08:37.320 --> 1:08:39.840 So you have to think about these things as you 1:08:39.880 --> 1:08:40.519 do this stuff. 1:08:40.760 --> 1:08:42.639 What do you mean a picture like if I take 1:08:42.680 --> 1:08:48.759 a picture for eBay, can somebody actually find information about 1:08:48.800 --> 1:08:49.360 the photo? 1:08:50.360 --> 1:08:54.080 Theoretically, but eBay and many of the social media sites 1:08:54.120 --> 1:08:58.640 they strip that what's called exif data exif they strip that, 1:08:59.240 --> 1:09:00.760 they strip that information. 1:09:02.560 --> 1:09:06.120 Hold on, let me, I'm getting a website here. Oh 1:09:06.240 --> 1:09:08.720 my god, what's that? What I mean? 1:09:09.320 --> 1:09:12.599 It's like, for example, which is even worse, Craigslist. If 1:09:12.600 --> 1:09:16.519 i'm selling locally, yes, or offer up, and there's the 1:09:16.600 --> 1:09:22.240 photos I take. Somebody can actually kind of research. 1:09:24.160 --> 1:09:26.439 Okay, yeah, so I'm looking I'm looking here. 1:09:26.840 --> 1:09:31.599 Uh okay, so yes, So Craigslist does strip the exift data. 1:09:31.720 --> 1:09:33.760 So here's what I would do. So I would there's 1:09:33.760 --> 1:09:38.240 a there's a great website called Jeffrey's Exift Viewer, And 1:09:38.280 --> 1:09:40.280 I know it's a it's a weird name, but it's 1:09:40.320 --> 1:09:43.160 a super simple website. And you can take an image 1:09:43.640 --> 1:09:47.160 either a file or a URL. You can pop it 1:09:47.200 --> 1:09:49.519 into this website and it will tell you if the 1:09:49.640 --> 1:09:53.040 image data is in that website, and so you can. 1:09:53.280 --> 1:09:56.559 Now here's the thing. Not every website strips this information, 1:09:56.720 --> 1:09:58.720 which is why it's best to do it on your 1:09:58.800 --> 1:10:02.760 own before you post these things, because it could be 1:10:02.840 --> 1:10:05.320 embedded in there. So look, Kathy, I don't want to 1:10:05.360 --> 1:10:07.160 scare you. I think you're you're doing okay, and most 1:10:07.160 --> 1:10:09.160 people are not. You know, most people are good people 1:10:09.200 --> 1:10:11.080 that are buying this stuff, and it's fine, but I 1:10:11.120 --> 1:10:13.960 would be aware of this. And so if I were you, 1:10:14.080 --> 1:10:16.960 before you upload your pictures anywhere, I would just use 1:10:17.120 --> 1:10:21.120 a simple tool to strip the exit data. And I 1:10:21.200 --> 1:10:22.800 you know, I have a tool that I use that 1:10:22.880 --> 1:10:26.439 I do that with every time TENI fy T, I 1:10:26.520 --> 1:10:27.479 n I f y. 1:10:27.720 --> 1:10:28.479 You can use that. 1:10:29.160 --> 1:10:30.160 I've got it. 1:10:30.240 --> 1:10:32.759 Yeah, I'm gonna put it all on the website. I'll 1:10:32.760 --> 1:10:35.439 put everything on the website. So great questions, Kathy, really 1:10:35.479 --> 1:10:39.240 appreciate it. Really, you know, you got to think about 1:10:39.240 --> 1:10:42.439 this stuff. Privacy is very important, especially in the digital world. 1:10:42.760 --> 1:10:45.160 It is very easy to share this stuff, and once 1:10:45.200 --> 1:10:47.439 it's out there, it's tough to take back. This is 1:10:47.560 --> 1:10:51.800 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:10:51.840 --> 1:10:55.599 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 1:10:55.640 --> 1:10:59.960 eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 1:11:00.120 --> 1:11:07.120 two four one zero one. All right, So before the 1:11:07.120 --> 1:11:11.200 break we were talking about EXIF data, and I feel 1:11:11.240 --> 1:11:13.760 like I need to talk about it a little bit 1:11:13.760 --> 1:11:16.200 more just to help you understand what this is. So 1:11:16.880 --> 1:11:20.320 and then we'll get to the calls, I promise. But basically, 1:11:20.320 --> 1:11:25.000 when you take a picture, your phone puts information into 1:11:25.040 --> 1:11:30.040 that picture, including GPS location of where that picture was taken. Now, 1:11:30.080 --> 1:11:34.160 typically when you share that picture, that information is embedded 1:11:34.240 --> 1:11:36.960 in the file and someone that knows what they're doing 1:11:37.000 --> 1:11:39.439 could see where that image is on a map. So 1:11:39.520 --> 1:11:42.800 let me give you an example. You post you're selling 1:11:42.840 --> 1:11:45.240 a car, and you post a picture of your car 1:11:45.240 --> 1:11:47.840 and your driveway on some form on the web. Well, 1:11:47.840 --> 1:11:51.479 someone could theoretically download that picture, pop it into a viewer, 1:11:52.000 --> 1:11:54.799 and see exactly the GPS coordinates of where that picture 1:11:54.880 --> 1:11:55.240 was taken. 1:11:55.280 --> 1:11:56.960 This This happens all the time. 1:11:57.120 --> 1:11:57.280 You know. 1:11:57.280 --> 1:12:00.599 There's been many documented cases where celebrities post something and 1:12:00.880 --> 1:12:03.760 someone that's smart goes in and says, hey, you know 1:12:03.800 --> 1:12:07.519 you're sharing your address too. Now, many of because they've 1:12:07.560 --> 1:12:10.640 gotten hip to this, many of the major sharing platforms 1:12:11.200 --> 1:12:14.559 like an X, like a threads, like a Facebook, they 1:12:14.560 --> 1:12:18.240 typically strip this data out of these pictures when you 1:12:18.360 --> 1:12:20.800 upload them. They keep it and of course they use 1:12:20.840 --> 1:12:23.599 it for their own benefits, which is they can tell 1:12:23.640 --> 1:12:25.960 exactly where you're uploading this picture from or where you 1:12:26.000 --> 1:12:28.400 took this picture, and they slice and dice that data 1:12:28.439 --> 1:12:30.439 in a million different ways and use it for all 1:12:30.520 --> 1:12:31.080 kinds of stuff. 1:12:31.080 --> 1:12:32.320 But that's besides the point. 1:12:33.360 --> 1:12:35.400 But they make it so that that picture doesn't have 1:12:35.439 --> 1:12:39.439 that metadata if you download it. So if I go 1:12:39.520 --> 1:12:42.559 on Facebook and download five random pictures from people that 1:12:42.640 --> 1:12:46.120 posted them, there shouldn't be location information in those pictures. 1:12:46.640 --> 1:12:49.200 So you're safe in that way. 1:12:49.720 --> 1:12:52.479 But I would argue that you probably want to remove 1:12:52.479 --> 1:12:55.240 this data no matter what you want it in your 1:12:55.240 --> 1:12:57.120 pictures because it helps you see your pictures on a 1:12:57.120 --> 1:12:59.320 map and search for where you took pictures and things 1:12:59.320 --> 1:13:02.400 like this. But if you're sharing them outside of your phone, 1:13:02.479 --> 1:13:04.439 you probably want to get rid of this. Now, if 1:13:04.479 --> 1:13:07.120 you look at the iPhone, when you go to share 1:13:07.160 --> 1:13:10.240 a picture with someone, there's actually an option up at 1:13:10.240 --> 1:13:12.880 the top that says do you want to include the 1:13:12.920 --> 1:13:15.360 location data? So if you look at it right at 1:13:15.360 --> 1:13:18.520 the top, when you go share, it says location is included, 1:13:18.920 --> 1:13:22.000 and you can tap options and you can turn that off. 1:13:22.880 --> 1:13:25.040 And so that picture, when you share it with someone, 1:13:25.080 --> 1:13:27.719 wherever you're sharing it, where they're uploading it, whatever you're doing, 1:13:28.240 --> 1:13:31.439 that location data will not be embedded into that picture. 1:13:32.080 --> 1:13:34.120 I'm gonna check on Android and see if it's got 1:13:34.200 --> 1:13:36.960 it on there. Let's go to the gallery on the Samsung. 1:13:37.360 --> 1:13:40.680 Here's a picture I just took. Let's go share, and 1:13:40.720 --> 1:13:43.040 I see up at the top it says one image options. 1:13:43.600 --> 1:13:47.720 Tap the options and there it is include location data. 1:13:47.920 --> 1:13:52.080 So turn that off if you don't want your location included. 1:13:52.479 --> 1:13:55.240 How is this helpful. Let's say you meet someone online 1:13:55.240 --> 1:13:57.080 and you're chatting with them, they say, hey, send me 1:13:57.080 --> 1:14:00.559 a picture. You can take the location data off that picture. 1:14:01.040 --> 1:14:05.080 I mean, it's really like you probably never even noticed 1:14:05.200 --> 1:14:07.400 this was an option when you're sharing photos, but now 1:14:07.400 --> 1:14:09.720 that I told you about it, you'll notice. Now there's 1:14:09.720 --> 1:14:12.680 a couple websites I mentioned Jeffrey's Eggs if you were 1:14:12.880 --> 1:14:15.639 clearly that is no longer being updated. So I've found 1:14:15.680 --> 1:14:19.120 some new ones that do something very similar. So if 1:14:19.120 --> 1:14:21.519 you want to take a picture that you've gotten, just 1:14:21.560 --> 1:14:24.000 take any photo from your library, download it and pop 1:14:24.040 --> 1:14:25.759 it into this website and see what happens. 1:14:26.280 --> 1:14:28.040 Exif editor dot io. 1:14:28.680 --> 1:14:30.559 As soon as you upload that picture, it will show 1:14:30.600 --> 1:14:32.880 you on a GPS map where that picture was taken 1:14:33.280 --> 1:14:35.599 if the information is in there, and then it gives 1:14:35.600 --> 1:14:39.679 you an option to scrub that metadata as well. Jimple 1:14:39.800 --> 1:14:43.639 jimpl dot com. You can drag and drop a picture 1:14:43.640 --> 1:14:46.840 in there, or you can take a URL from a 1:14:46.840 --> 1:14:49.559 website photo and put it in there and you can 1:14:49.600 --> 1:14:52.400 see if the person left the metadata in there. And 1:14:52.439 --> 1:14:54.479 I'm not telling you this to be nefarious. I'm telling 1:14:54.479 --> 1:14:57.160 this to you because you need to know about this. 1:14:57.160 --> 1:14:58.799 This is really important stuff. 1:15:00.000 --> 1:15:00.120 Now. 1:15:00.120 --> 1:15:01.680 If you want to get rid of the metadata on 1:15:01.720 --> 1:15:04.200 your pictures, I told you the two ways to do 1:15:04.240 --> 1:15:06.160 it when you're sharing a picture on your iPhone or 1:15:06.160 --> 1:15:08.640 you're Android. There are also apps on your iPhone and 1:15:08.640 --> 1:15:11.160 Android that will help you remove this data from your pictures. 1:15:11.400 --> 1:15:13.519 I don't have a good recommendation for that right now, 1:15:14.560 --> 1:15:18.519 but on the web there's a website called priv metapriv 1:15:18.880 --> 1:15:22.200 meta dot com, and I like this one because it 1:15:22.240 --> 1:15:25.519 can be done completely offline, So you can turn the 1:15:25.520 --> 1:15:28.559 Internet off on your computer and you can still remove 1:15:28.600 --> 1:15:30.880 the metadata from a photo. And so you can just 1:15:30.960 --> 1:15:34.519 drag a photo in there and press removed metadata. It 1:15:34.560 --> 1:15:38.040 will download that picture immediately without the metadata. So I 1:15:38.040 --> 1:15:40.160 would say, at the very least, if you're sharing pictures 1:15:40.200 --> 1:15:43.599 to a major website, just put them through this first, 1:15:44.000 --> 1:15:47.160 so that the website doesn't have access to that metadata, 1:15:47.200 --> 1:15:50.000 and then the person downloading it doesn't have access either. 1:15:50.479 --> 1:15:53.360 The only little caveat to this, because I remove metadata 1:15:53.360 --> 1:15:56.280 from iphotos all the time, is that sometimes if it 1:15:56.280 --> 1:16:00.439 strips the metadata, it strips more than the location photo 1:16:00.479 --> 1:16:04.040 maybe turned upside down or something, because inside that metadata 1:16:04.280 --> 1:16:07.479 it also tells the computer, Hey, the person took the 1:16:07.479 --> 1:16:10.000 photo this way like this was this is the right 1:16:10.000 --> 1:16:12.360 way up. So sometimes you may have to rotate your photos. 1:16:12.439 --> 1:16:14.960 You'll notice that will happen from time to time. Anyway, 1:16:15.000 --> 1:16:16.760 I'm gonna put this all on the website. Rich on 1:16:17.040 --> 1:16:20.880 tech Dot TV again, episode one thirty four. You just 1:16:20.880 --> 1:16:23.000 gave me a great idea for a TV segment, so 1:16:23.040 --> 1:16:25.000 I will be doing a TV segment on this soon 1:16:25.040 --> 1:16:27.000 as well. It's one of those things that I take 1:16:27.000 --> 1:16:28.840 for granted, and I think a lot of techies take 1:16:28.840 --> 1:16:32.840 for granted. But people average person just doesn't realize how 1:16:32.960 --> 1:16:36.559 much information is embedded in a photo when they send 1:16:36.560 --> 1:16:38.640 it to someone else. So it's very good to know 1:16:38.680 --> 1:16:43.840 that information. All right, Let's uh, let's see here. Let's 1:16:43.840 --> 1:16:48.320 see here. Sue is in Long Beach. Sue, you're on 1:16:48.360 --> 1:16:51.840 with Rich. Sounds like more privacy question, Huh. 1:16:51.920 --> 1:16:54.880 Yes. The last color that just called was asking about 1:16:55.439 --> 1:16:58.400 farcodes and all that, and I've always wondered and someone 1:16:58.400 --> 1:17:01.479 told me once because traveling, occasionally you stay in a 1:17:01.520 --> 1:17:04.479 hotel and the path the card that you use as 1:17:04.520 --> 1:17:08.240 your key, that I always take them home because someone said, 1:17:08.240 --> 1:17:10.080 don't leave them in the room because there's all your 1:17:10.080 --> 1:17:12.320 information is embedded in that card. Is that true? 1:17:12.720 --> 1:17:13.799 No? Not true? 1:17:13.920 --> 1:17:17.400 That is that is false. Here's the deal. So let's 1:17:17.479 --> 1:17:21.200 let's just say, let's just say you're Marriott, right, would 1:17:21.280 --> 1:17:24.240 you put all of your guests personal information, including their 1:17:24.240 --> 1:17:26.519 credit card, on this thing that can be lost, stolen, 1:17:26.680 --> 1:17:28.160 easily taken, whatever. 1:17:29.120 --> 1:17:33.400 No, you would not. So is there information on these cards? Absolutely? 1:17:33.960 --> 1:17:36.720 Is it anything that links you to anyone else? No? 1:17:37.960 --> 1:17:39.680 Or your credit card information? No? 1:17:40.240 --> 1:17:43.920 So I I do not worry about these cards. You know, 1:17:43.960 --> 1:17:48.200 these major hotel chains definitely think about this stuff in advance. 1:17:48.360 --> 1:17:52.040 In fact, the reason why we have these cards is 1:17:52.080 --> 1:17:55.280 because if you look at them, your your room number 1:17:55.360 --> 1:17:58.240 is not listed on that card for a reason, because 1:17:58.360 --> 1:18:00.160 think about it, if you found that card, you know, 1:18:00.200 --> 1:18:02.000 laying by the pool, what would you do. The first 1:18:02.040 --> 1:18:04.320 thing some would do is go to that room and 1:18:04.400 --> 1:18:08.000 steal everything in it. So there's no personal information, personally 1:18:08.000 --> 1:18:13.439 identifiable personally identifiable information. So what might be you know, 1:18:13.920 --> 1:18:16.599 there might be exceptions to this, Like in the old days, 1:18:16.640 --> 1:18:18.519 there was a magnetic strip on a lot of these. 1:18:18.560 --> 1:18:22.360 Now most of them are RFID, so there used to 1:18:22.360 --> 1:18:25.120 be a magnetic strip that may have contained information, So 1:18:25.160 --> 1:18:27.160 I'm saying, so am I saying that you can never 1:18:27.200 --> 1:18:31.559 find information on these cards? No, But the modern hotels 1:18:31.600 --> 1:18:34.800 that are using these tap cards, most of them are 1:18:34.840 --> 1:18:37.840 programmed in a way to protect your personal information and 1:18:37.880 --> 1:18:40.400 your credit card. So I don't think there's any reason 1:18:40.479 --> 1:18:44.600 to worry about leaving them. But I personally, you know, 1:18:44.640 --> 1:18:46.679 sometimes I'll take one home if I think they're cool. 1:18:46.800 --> 1:18:49.120 That's the only reason. But I will also, you know, 1:18:49.160 --> 1:18:50.680 you can give it to the front desk, and that 1:18:50.760 --> 1:18:53.320 way you ensure to a much higher degree that if 1:18:53.360 --> 1:18:55.880 there was anything on these cards, it's not going to 1:18:55.960 --> 1:18:57.000 land in the wrong hands. 1:18:57.600 --> 1:18:58.719 That make you feel better. 1:18:59.520 --> 1:19:01.680 Yes, thank you very much for confirming that for me. 1:19:01.760 --> 1:19:02.880 Yeah, absolutely, Sue. 1:19:03.160 --> 1:19:06.759 I'm actually quite impressed with these cards because they somehow 1:19:06.800 --> 1:19:09.559 I don't when I go to a hotel. I'm impressed 1:19:09.560 --> 1:19:13.000 that these things even work, and they somehow program them 1:19:13.000 --> 1:19:15.519 to only work for a certain period of time. So 1:19:15.640 --> 1:19:18.160 if you get like late checkout for a hotel room, 1:19:18.200 --> 1:19:21.280 which I often we'll ask for, they have to reprogram 1:19:21.280 --> 1:19:24.360 your cards because your card is typically going to stop 1:19:24.400 --> 1:19:27.760 working at eleven am. Now, every hotel is different. 1:19:27.520 --> 1:19:29.880 Don't you know. Come, you know, emailing me. 1:19:29.800 --> 1:19:31.720 If rich I was able to open my door at 1:19:31.720 --> 1:19:33.680 eleven oh five, Okay, you may be able to do 1:19:33.720 --> 1:19:34.320 that once in a while. 1:19:34.360 --> 1:19:34.960 I'm not sure. 1:19:35.160 --> 1:19:38.160 But the thing is, all of these hotels, modern hotels, 1:19:38.240 --> 1:19:41.479 using modern key card systems. You know, they're always thinking 1:19:41.560 --> 1:19:44.240 about the privacy and security of their guests, and so 1:19:44.640 --> 1:19:47.800 it is in their best interest to make sure that 1:19:47.840 --> 1:19:50.840 they are not encoding your credit card number, your name, 1:19:51.120 --> 1:19:53.880 your room number on those cards. Can it happen sure? 1:19:54.160 --> 1:19:56.800 Did it happen in the back in the past. Maybe, 1:19:57.120 --> 1:19:59.320 But again I think that most of these cards just 1:19:59.360 --> 1:20:03.120 include some sort of you know, token or exchange number 1:20:03.200 --> 1:20:06.320 that just basically the system looks that up to see 1:20:06.360 --> 1:20:09.160 if it can unlock that door. Now, if you had 1:20:09.200 --> 1:20:11.080 access to their back end system, like I said, with 1:20:11.120 --> 1:20:15.360 the Macy's barcode, could you get more information perhaps? But 1:20:15.800 --> 1:20:18.800 you know, for me, what you know, it's interesting with 1:20:18.840 --> 1:20:22.879 hotels because I'm always thinking about privacy and security always. 1:20:23.040 --> 1:20:24.400 I mean, I'm not kidding. 1:20:24.439 --> 1:20:27.640 I picked up my kid from school early yesterday and 1:20:27.720 --> 1:20:30.040 my school called me to make sure the person picking 1:20:30.040 --> 1:20:33.080 them up was okay. And I said, you know, as 1:20:33.120 --> 1:20:36.120 my mom picking up my kid, and they called me 1:20:36.160 --> 1:20:38.160 and said, we're sorry, mister Demiro, we have to confirm 1:20:38.200 --> 1:20:40.880 that it's you allowing this person to pick up your kid, 1:20:40.880 --> 1:20:42.439 and I said, yes, it is me. They said, okay, 1:20:42.439 --> 1:20:44.880 thank you for that verbal okay, And when my mom 1:20:44.920 --> 1:20:46.599 and kid got back into the car, I said, okay, 1:20:46.760 --> 1:20:49.880 Now here's how I think as a tech person. Here's okay, 1:20:50.240 --> 1:20:53.400 let's say you are going nefariously to pick up some 1:20:53.520 --> 1:20:56.639 random kid at a school, maybe you're trying to kidnap them, whatever. 1:20:57.680 --> 1:20:58.719 Here's how that would work. 1:20:59.080 --> 1:20:59.720 You would have this. 1:21:00.280 --> 1:21:02.680 You would hijack the person's phone number, right, so you 1:21:02.720 --> 1:21:05.439 have the person's control of their cell phone. Now you've 1:21:05.479 --> 1:21:07.880 got the person's cell phone in your command. And then 1:21:07.920 --> 1:21:09.880 the school calls you to say, hey, is this okay, 1:21:09.920 --> 1:21:13.400 we're calling the parent. You've now voice cloned that parent's voice. 1:21:13.880 --> 1:21:15.960 And when they call that phone, you say, yes, I'm 1:21:16.000 --> 1:21:19.599 the parent, it's okay, they can take my kid. This 1:21:19.680 --> 1:21:21.880 is the stuff I think about. This is the stuff 1:21:21.920 --> 1:21:24.000 we are up against. And you may be laughing, you 1:21:24.040 --> 1:21:26.240 may be saying, oh, that's out of that's wild, but no, 1:21:26.640 --> 1:21:29.960 there are people thinking about this stuff. So you as 1:21:30.040 --> 1:21:32.519 a as a consumer, as an average person, as a 1:21:32.520 --> 1:21:35.240 person that's just out there living your life, you have 1:21:35.320 --> 1:21:40.719 to always think about the potential of fraud, of security issues, 1:21:40.760 --> 1:21:43.880 of privacy issues, no matter what. Now that may sound 1:21:43.880 --> 1:21:46.559 far fetched, but this is happening on a daily basis. 1:21:46.560 --> 1:21:48.760 Maybe not with kids, but with all kinds of voice. 1:21:49.080 --> 1:21:51.760 People are out there trying to figure out ways to 1:21:51.800 --> 1:21:55.400 scam us every day, especially using new technology. So just 1:21:55.880 --> 1:21:58.479 I guess my bigger point with the hotel is anytime 1:21:58.520 --> 1:22:00.160 I go to the front desk to say like, hey, 1:22:00.200 --> 1:22:01.800 can I get a new key or a key mate, 1:22:01.880 --> 1:22:03.960 or can I get into my room if the housekeeping 1:22:04.040 --> 1:22:06.680 is outside, I always want them to either ask for 1:22:06.760 --> 1:22:09.680 my ID or somehow confirm that that is my room 1:22:09.760 --> 1:22:11.400 without just letting me in, because that. 1:22:11.400 --> 1:22:13.320 Would be a major security issue. 1:22:13.520 --> 1:22:16.040 Eighty eight Rich one on one eighty eight seven four 1:22:16.080 --> 1:22:19.280 to two, four one zero one. This is Rich on Tech. 1:22:20.760 --> 1:22:23.719 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:22:23.760 --> 1:22:26.800 out with you, talking technology. Triple eight rich one oh 1:22:26.840 --> 1:22:29.439 one eighty eight eight seven four to two four to 1:22:29.439 --> 1:22:32.800 one zero one. Uh, Sandford is in Santa Barbara. You're 1:22:32.840 --> 1:22:35.040 on with Rich Hi. 1:22:35.200 --> 1:22:39.120 Rich, you know I've been listening to you since day one. 1:22:40.760 --> 1:22:45.400 For you to replace my mentor unbelievable. You're wonderful. 1:22:45.520 --> 1:22:46.519 No, how do you? 1:22:47.000 --> 1:22:51.599 How do you get this job? Uh? Well, I mean you, 1:22:51.600 --> 1:22:56.520 you reference you, you reference your mother constantly. It's wonderful. 1:22:56.800 --> 1:23:00.680 I I you know I have some problem. Is I 1:23:00.720 --> 1:23:04.240 hope you can help me? I? No, no, I know. 1:23:04.320 --> 1:23:07.880 I'm dying of three cancers, one reoccurring recently. But the 1:23:07.960 --> 1:23:13.360 UCLA got the worst treatment. It was horror. The whole thing. 1:23:13.920 --> 1:23:17.840 My whole life is based around one thing, me being entertained. 1:23:17.880 --> 1:23:21.920 When I'm lying in hospitals and nursing homes staring at 1:23:21.920 --> 1:23:27.080 the ceiling, I need to be have a projector. That 1:23:27.920 --> 1:23:31.360 is so simple that I just say that. Just I 1:23:31.520 --> 1:23:33.880 just flip the switch and it goes on and I 1:23:33.920 --> 1:23:36.400 can see everything I want to see above me while 1:23:36.439 --> 1:23:39.000 I lie there, complete. 1:23:40.600 --> 1:23:41.120 Disarray. 1:23:41.720 --> 1:23:43.000 It's just it's just horrible. 1:23:43.240 --> 1:23:46.280 Well, I'm sorry to hear that, but I hope you're 1:23:46.280 --> 1:23:46.920 getting well. 1:23:47.040 --> 1:23:50.120 And no, no, no, there's no way out of this. 1:23:50.680 --> 1:23:54.080 You have three cancers and five other life threatening medical conditions. 1:23:54.560 --> 1:24:00.000 You're not getting out of this. This is inevitable. I've 1:23:59.800 --> 1:24:02.360 I'm currently speaking to you on a motoroller is E 1:24:02.479 --> 1:24:09.479 four that has a instant projector on it, but something 1:24:11.040 --> 1:24:18.439 old garbage. I need a projector that is direct Wi 1:24:18.479 --> 1:24:21.760 Fi to whatever phone I have in my hand. I 1:24:21.800 --> 1:24:24.840 don't need an app to go through. I don't need it. 1:24:24.880 --> 1:24:27.559 I just need it just to turn it on and 1:24:27.600 --> 1:24:30.320 it says this projector right over here it is goes 1:24:30.439 --> 1:24:33.280 Wi Fi to my phone and I just hit it 1:24:33.360 --> 1:24:33.880 and it's on. 1:24:35.760 --> 1:24:39.040 Well, okay, Well, first off, I'm happy to be here 1:24:39.040 --> 1:24:40.880 for you. I'm glad that you like to listen and 1:24:40.960 --> 1:24:43.080 appreciate this show. That really means a lot to me, 1:24:44.360 --> 1:24:46.000 more than you think, or more than you know, I 1:24:46.000 --> 1:24:47.880 should say. 1:24:48.240 --> 1:24:50.320 So, are you able to call me off the air? 1:24:51.520 --> 1:24:51.760 Yeah? 1:24:51.800 --> 1:24:53.799 Well, well we can get Kim to get your info 1:24:54.520 --> 1:24:55.280 and we can do that. 1:24:55.560 --> 1:24:59.400 But I want to tell you something really cute. I 1:25:00.760 --> 1:25:04.280 when I was born in nineteen fifty one, my birth 1:25:04.400 --> 1:25:10.479 certificate says on it father's occupation, and it says radio 1:25:10.560 --> 1:25:14.800 announcer at where That's right kfi? 1:25:15.400 --> 1:25:18.840 Really absolutely Who is he? 1:25:19.920 --> 1:25:22.360 Well, you wouldn't know him. His name is Red Row 1:25:23.640 --> 1:25:27.479 and he was one of the very first announcers to 1:25:27.560 --> 1:25:31.559 do commercials live and then he went to television. He 1:25:31.600 --> 1:25:36.719 started morning talk show television on CBS. Oh wow, it's. 1:25:38.120 --> 1:25:41.280 So cool. Long history with radios, that's amazing. 1:25:42.600 --> 1:25:44.400 But as I listened to you and do you reference 1:25:44.439 --> 1:25:48.800 your mother and thinks I just go this guy WHOA. 1:25:49.520 --> 1:25:52.360 I like how you talked to the last collar and 1:25:52.479 --> 1:25:56.240 spoke of things that could be It was wonderful about 1:25:56.280 --> 1:25:59.759 things that you know, people don't think of, about staff 1:26:00.240 --> 1:26:02.439 taking in this and that. That's great. Man. 1:26:02.640 --> 1:26:05.800 Yeah, well, I'm usually a very positive person, but I 1:26:05.840 --> 1:26:08.040 do think my mind, you know, I'm always thinking in 1:26:08.080 --> 1:26:10.639 that that aspect of what could go wrong here? What 1:26:10.760 --> 1:26:13.599 is the what is the implication of anything, especially when 1:26:13.600 --> 1:26:14.080 it comes. 1:26:13.880 --> 1:26:17.160 To tel I'm sure you'll get over that eventually. 1:26:18.520 --> 1:26:20.960 So let's let's talk about what you're what you're calling 1:26:21.000 --> 1:26:25.600 in for. This idea of uh a projector that you 1:26:25.640 --> 1:26:28.559 can connect your phone now, I think it's. 1:26:28.520 --> 1:26:31.760 A small like a little TV thing that projects to 1:26:31.800 --> 1:26:34.360 wherever I wanted to do and it just needs to 1:26:34.400 --> 1:26:37.160 go direct Wi Fi. I don't need the apps in between. 1:26:37.520 --> 1:26:38.920 I need to be well. 1:26:38.760 --> 1:26:43.759 Here's here's the issue I'm I'm thinking of with direct 1:26:43.800 --> 1:26:46.400 Wi Fi. So most of these apps that you want 1:26:46.439 --> 1:26:50.280 to that you want to mirror to, they don't necessarily 1:26:50.400 --> 1:26:53.360 like the idea of their content being mirrored, you know, 1:26:53.520 --> 1:26:57.559 without their approval. So a lot of the apps, especially 1:26:57.600 --> 1:26:59.719 when it comes to projectors, they want to be casted 1:26:59.840 --> 1:27:03.160 if if that's the you know, if the the projector 1:27:03.200 --> 1:27:05.880 supports casting. So a couple of ways you can go here. 1:27:06.000 --> 1:27:08.599 Number one, I think the best projector if you want 1:27:08.640 --> 1:27:13.120 something that's small. Nebula makes a projector called the Capsule, 1:27:13.560 --> 1:27:15.600 which is really incredible. 1:27:15.720 --> 1:27:17.240 It's the size of a soda can. 1:27:17.600 --> 1:27:20.000 It's super simple and it's easy and it's got good 1:27:20.040 --> 1:27:22.679 software and so you can use that, but I don't 1:27:22.720 --> 1:27:25.760 know if you're gonna be able to actually cast to 1:27:25.880 --> 1:27:29.599 it versus or sorry a Wi Fi direct versus casting. 1:27:30.040 --> 1:27:33.479 So I'm looking at their page to see if they support. Yeah, 1:27:33.560 --> 1:27:36.800 mostly Chrome cast. You know, Netflix cannot be Chrome cast 1:27:36.920 --> 1:27:41.200 or mirrored, but you can, okay, So it does say 1:27:41.240 --> 1:27:43.720 you can mirror Android device to the projector, so you 1:27:43.760 --> 1:27:46.160 can do that. Now, it depends what app will allow that, 1:27:46.160 --> 1:27:48.200 that's for sure. It's it's going to depend on apps, 1:27:48.520 --> 1:27:51.720 but you've got that option. So that's number one. The 1:27:51.760 --> 1:27:54.840 other brand I like is x Jimmy x g I 1:27:55.200 --> 1:27:58.080 m I and they make some portable projectors. They're not 1:27:58.320 --> 1:28:01.559 as small, but they make one called the Mogo which 1:28:01.600 --> 1:28:03.840 is really nice as well, and they do have casting there. 1:28:03.960 --> 1:28:06.800 So the other thing Sanford that I would say to 1:28:06.840 --> 1:28:10.920 look into is X reel that X real glasses. 1:28:10.479 --> 1:28:11.240 You can just put on. 1:28:11.320 --> 1:28:13.679 You can be sitting in any position and see something 1:28:13.720 --> 1:28:17.280 projected above you and those connect write to your phone, 1:28:17.280 --> 1:28:19.559 no intermediary apps, so that might be the way to go. 1:28:20.200 --> 1:28:22.800 Thanks so much for the call today. I really appreciate it. 1:28:23.040 --> 1:28:25.639 Eighty to eight rich one oh one. This is rich 1:28:25.680 --> 1:28:30.320 on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. David Lombard 1:28:30.479 --> 1:28:33.960 is founder of the Laptop Elf Project and he is 1:28:34.000 --> 1:28:37.799 here to talk about the best ways to securely, erase, recycle, 1:28:37.920 --> 1:28:40.519 or donate your old Mac or PC. 1:28:40.840 --> 1:28:42.120 David, welcome to the show. 1:28:42.760 --> 1:28:45.320 Thank you, Rich appreciate the invite. Good to see you again. 1:28:45.439 --> 1:28:48.720 Yes, we did a story for KTLA on TV a 1:28:48.760 --> 1:28:52.040 couple of years ago and you've been doing this ever since. 1:28:52.080 --> 1:28:54.479 So you've got tell me what the Laptop Elf Project is. 1:28:55.360 --> 1:28:58.479 So there's a couple of us volunteers, doctor Leo and me. 1:28:59.240 --> 1:29:04.360 We collect unwanted working laptops, small desktops and tablets. We 1:29:04.520 --> 1:29:07.519 wipe and refurbish them and give them to public school 1:29:07.520 --> 1:29:11.840 teachers and to nonprofits that help low income families and individuals. 1:29:12.439 --> 1:29:15.400 I'm almost twenty five hundred units donated so far. 1:29:15.600 --> 1:29:17.040 Oh wow, that's amazing. 1:29:17.080 --> 1:29:19.479 And so you take these computers, people think, oh, this 1:29:19.600 --> 1:29:22.760 computer is no good anymore, but you're like, no, no, no, 1:29:22.920 --> 1:29:23.719 it's still good. 1:29:24.240 --> 1:29:26.840 How long do you think a computer can actually last? 1:29:27.400 --> 1:29:31.080 So for most average users using email some web stuff, 1:29:31.280 --> 1:29:34.120 probably five to ten years, depending upon when they buy 1:29:34.160 --> 1:29:37.920 it during the operating system cycle. Now for heavy users 1:29:37.960 --> 1:29:40.800 like gamers, people who do video editing or something like that, 1:29:41.120 --> 1:29:43.400 their hardware is going to age out in probably three 1:29:43.400 --> 1:29:46.080 to five years, even less, because the demands of that 1:29:46.160 --> 1:29:46.599 work is. 1:29:46.560 --> 1:29:49.080 Going up there. And if you're doing AI, you. 1:29:49.080 --> 1:29:51.519 May need a new computer every year because the demands 1:29:51.520 --> 1:29:53.479 of that field is really really growing. 1:29:53.960 --> 1:29:54.280 Wow. 1:29:54.360 --> 1:29:56.600 What about this whole thing with Windows ten. I know 1:29:56.640 --> 1:30:00.400 people are worried about the Windows ten security up dates 1:30:00.400 --> 1:30:03.320 are ending in October. I know Microsoft said they're going 1:30:03.360 --> 1:30:05.360 to give like an extra year for that if you 1:30:05.439 --> 1:30:07.080 sign up, But what's the deal with that? 1:30:08.240 --> 1:30:10.200 So yeah, so Windows ten has been out there for 1:30:10.240 --> 1:30:12.920 about ten years. A lot of people we're able to 1:30:13.040 --> 1:30:15.720 update their Windows seven or eight computer to Windows ten, 1:30:16.200 --> 1:30:20.080 but the door is closing this October. They are offering 1:30:20.120 --> 1:30:22.040 an option to extend it for a year, but that's 1:30:22.080 --> 1:30:25.040 just kicking the can down the street. So what we're 1:30:25.080 --> 1:30:27.680 doing is we want to We're helping people understand how 1:30:27.720 --> 1:30:31.720 they can wipe their computers, eliminate all the data, all 1:30:31.800 --> 1:30:34.840 the programs, so they can then give those computers away. 1:30:35.200 --> 1:30:37.719 We have the laptop our project. We'd love to have them, 1:30:38.080 --> 1:30:40.760 or they can give them to another charity, or they 1:30:40.760 --> 1:30:42.719 can take them to e waste if they're not working. 1:30:42.800 --> 1:30:46.200 But the key thing is get your data and programs. 1:30:45.720 --> 1:30:46.639 Off of that device. 1:30:46.960 --> 1:30:48.840 Yeah, that's the thing that I think a lot of 1:30:48.840 --> 1:30:51.840 people are very worried about because we have a lot 1:30:51.840 --> 1:30:53.320 of information on these computers. 1:30:53.360 --> 1:30:55.120 So what is the process? 1:30:55.160 --> 1:30:56.760 I mean, you know, if it's if you have a 1:30:56.760 --> 1:30:59.160 newer computer, it's a lot easier than the older computers. 1:30:59.240 --> 1:31:00.840 Right, Yeah, that's right. 1:31:00.960 --> 1:31:04.160 So Windows ten and eleven have built in processes to 1:31:04.240 --> 1:31:07.360 erase and reset a computer. I mean, very quickly, go 1:31:07.439 --> 1:31:10.519 to settings, go to recovery, look for reset, and make 1:31:10.560 --> 1:31:13.160 sure you delete all files and clean the drive. 1:31:13.760 --> 1:31:15.800 It's a very quick process to get to that point. 1:31:15.840 --> 1:31:18.599 It'll probably take overnight, maybe a bit longer to completely 1:31:18.600 --> 1:31:22.400 clean the computer. That's Windows ten eleven. Windows eight process 1:31:22.520 --> 1:31:24.840 is similar. I've stepped it out. You can go to 1:31:24.920 --> 1:31:28.000 my Laptop lf project Facebook page and see the details 1:31:28.040 --> 1:31:31.280 on it. Newer macs also have the same thing built 1:31:31.360 --> 1:31:36.400 into them. You can either go into a system properties 1:31:36.800 --> 1:31:40.240 and look for the option to transfer or reset a computer. 1:31:41.040 --> 1:31:44.040 On older Max, you simply shut down the computer, hold 1:31:44.120 --> 1:31:46.920 down the command and higher key power it back up. 1:31:47.240 --> 1:31:50.000 Hold those key down till the Apple logo appears. Then 1:31:50.040 --> 1:31:53.280 you can get into recovery and erase your drive. Windows 1:31:53.320 --> 1:31:55.240 seven is a bit of a problem. They did not 1:31:55.439 --> 1:32:00.360 include a Windows tool to erase the drive. Some manufacturers did. 1:32:00.840 --> 1:32:02.960 But there are some free apps out there that you 1:32:02.960 --> 1:32:06.560 can use to completely erase your drive. And one of 1:32:06.600 --> 1:32:09.320 the ones that I have seen, I have not used myself, 1:32:09.320 --> 1:32:12.240 but has good reviews, is called disc whipe. 1:32:12.680 --> 1:32:14.280 It's from discwipe dot org. 1:32:14.400 --> 1:32:17.280 It's free, it looks like it has a great reputation, 1:32:17.400 --> 1:32:19.320 good reviews from PCMag. 1:32:18.800 --> 1:32:19.639 And other places. 1:32:19.880 --> 1:32:22.160 Okay, so disc wipe that's a good one. 1:32:22.640 --> 1:32:25.680 And then the older Max that could be a little tricky, right, 1:32:25.760 --> 1:32:28.360 like if you're if you're not like very savvy on 1:32:28.400 --> 1:32:30.080 the computer, or do you think someone could figure out 1:32:30.120 --> 1:32:30.679 how to do that? 1:32:31.680 --> 1:32:33.200 They can figure out how to do it. And here's 1:32:33.280 --> 1:32:35.880 the great thing about Max. No matter how long you've 1:32:35.920 --> 1:32:38.320 had your Mac, whether you bought it, knew, or was 1:32:38.400 --> 1:32:41.240 given to you, you can call Apple support and they're 1:32:41.360 --> 1:32:44.439 very excellent. Telephone support can stick you through the process 1:32:44.840 --> 1:32:47.920 of erasing and resetting your Mac. That's something that's not 1:32:48.040 --> 1:32:51.679 available with Windows machines unless you're paying for a premium 1:32:51.760 --> 1:32:52.360 service plan. 1:32:52.560 --> 1:32:53.680 Oh wow, good to know. 1:32:53.800 --> 1:32:55.519 Okay, so if you're trying to do it, they will 1:32:55.560 --> 1:32:58.000 walk you through that process, even on an older computer 1:32:58.680 --> 1:32:59.719 without paying anything. 1:33:00.280 --> 1:33:00.559 Heads. 1:33:01.680 --> 1:33:04.120 Okay, so you do this every day. 1:33:04.560 --> 1:33:06.960 Do you run into any issues with getting these things 1:33:07.000 --> 1:33:07.559 wiped clean? 1:33:08.680 --> 1:33:08.920 Yeah? 1:33:08.960 --> 1:33:11.599 So there are some. So typically the machines were given. 1:33:12.160 --> 1:33:14.200 First of all, we do not log into a machine 1:33:14.200 --> 1:33:16.720 that we're given. We don't want any passwords, we don't 1:33:16.800 --> 1:33:19.040 see the data. So there are some tools that we 1:33:19.120 --> 1:33:21.800 can use to boot up the machine. One of them 1:33:21.800 --> 1:33:26.200 that is called dban dB AN and that wipes the 1:33:26.280 --> 1:33:29.080 hard drive by overriding the hard drive with random ones 1:33:29.080 --> 1:33:32.280 and zeros. Some machines are just very stubborn and they 1:33:32.400 --> 1:33:35.040 just won't boot to that. So what we can do, 1:33:35.240 --> 1:33:37.200 and you can do this with older machines too, simply 1:33:37.240 --> 1:33:39.160 open up the case and pull out the hard drive. 1:33:39.560 --> 1:33:42.040 You need some small screwdrivers. But once you've done that, 1:33:42.720 --> 1:33:45.840 what we do then is we will electronically wipe that 1:33:45.960 --> 1:33:50.799 drive using bench software we like many tool Partition Wizard, 1:33:51.439 --> 1:33:53.639 or if you don't have anything like that, you've got 1:33:53.640 --> 1:33:56.599 a ballpen hammer, well there's the old ballpin hammer approach. 1:33:56.680 --> 1:33:58.640 Take it out, prop it against the wall, and give 1:33:58.680 --> 1:34:01.600 it a few good whacks. Pretty much take care of 1:34:01.640 --> 1:34:05.840 any disk drive. Heart Desktop drives are really sturdy, so 1:34:06.120 --> 1:34:09.560 just focus on beating up the interface in the electronics. 1:34:09.800 --> 1:34:12.479 But you can always physically destroy a draw destroy a 1:34:12.600 --> 1:34:14.640 drive if you can't electronically wipe it. 1:34:14.840 --> 1:34:17.120 You can also if you don't feel comfortable doing that, 1:34:17.160 --> 1:34:19.639 and by the way, wear glasses and the protective stuff. 1:34:19.680 --> 1:34:22.200 But if you don't feel comfortable doing that, you can 1:34:22.240 --> 1:34:25.240 also take it to a There are recycling like e 1:34:25.320 --> 1:34:28.240 waste facilities like you mentioned that have like disc shredders. 1:34:28.320 --> 1:34:31.120 And I watched this process and it was it was wild, 1:34:31.160 --> 1:34:33.600 and this drive goes in, it comes out as just 1:34:33.680 --> 1:34:36.640 little tiny pieces of shredder stuff, like almost like a 1:34:36.680 --> 1:34:37.400 paper shredder. 1:34:38.200 --> 1:34:38.880 Yeah, that's cool. 1:34:38.920 --> 1:34:42.479 That's like NSA level data destruction. You know, nothing that's 1:34:42.520 --> 1:34:43.679 going to be poured from that drive. 1:34:43.680 --> 1:34:46.559 Ever again, would you ever recommend Okay, because I know 1:34:46.640 --> 1:34:48.080 we and we're going to get into this where you 1:34:48.120 --> 1:34:50.920 can take devices like let's say you can't boot your 1:34:50.960 --> 1:34:53.200 computer up. Let's say it's so old that you can't 1:34:53.200 --> 1:34:56.280 wipe the data and you're not comfortable taking the drive out. 1:34:56.640 --> 1:34:59.120 Would you recommend let's say you brought this to a 1:34:59.160 --> 1:35:01.920 recycling center, wuld you ever recommend taking taking it there 1:35:01.960 --> 1:35:04.080 without wiping it or taking your data off. 1:35:05.160 --> 1:35:07.719 So the thing is, unless you know the recycling center 1:35:07.880 --> 1:35:10.640 uses a process like you described Rich, if you like, 1:35:10.680 --> 1:35:12.639 take it to a staple store or to a Best 1:35:12.680 --> 1:35:16.000 Buy or to La County's had your just ways dispose 1:35:16.040 --> 1:35:19.479 a facility up by the up your lax, They're just 1:35:19.560 --> 1:35:22.040 going to throw that into a stack of devices to 1:35:22.120 --> 1:35:26.240 be parted out or shredded for metals. So you don't 1:35:26.280 --> 1:35:28.760 really know for sure that it's going to get you 1:35:28.800 --> 1:35:31.360 know it's going to get wiped if you have critical 1:35:31.439 --> 1:35:36.120 data on their income tax forums business information. Candidly, it'd 1:35:36.120 --> 1:35:38.080 be worth it to take it to a commercial shop. 1:35:38.479 --> 1:35:39.920 It's not going to cost a whole lot of money 1:35:39.960 --> 1:35:41.920 for them to open up the case, take that hard 1:35:42.040 --> 1:35:45.240 drive out, and then they can either electronically shred. 1:35:45.000 --> 1:35:47.640 It or physically destroy it. Yeah, but your data, your 1:35:47.720 --> 1:35:50.840 data is too valuable to risk it going into unknown hands. 1:35:50.920 --> 1:35:51.120 Yeah. 1:35:51.120 --> 1:35:53.200 I mean, what I'm hearing is that there are lots 1:35:53.200 --> 1:35:55.400 of options for getting this done, and if you don't 1:35:55.479 --> 1:35:57.360 know how to do it, there are some places that 1:35:57.400 --> 1:36:01.080 can help for sure, So recite donate, Like how do 1:36:01.160 --> 1:36:04.360 you know you said these computers can last for you know, uh, 1:36:04.880 --> 1:36:07.400 up to nine years, let's say, depending on you know 1:36:07.439 --> 1:36:10.400 your usage. So when do you recycle or donate? 1:36:11.880 --> 1:36:15.479 So so, obviously the one key thing if you notice 1:36:15.479 --> 1:36:19.240 that your laptop has a bulging case or the seams 1:36:19.240 --> 1:36:21.800 on the laptop are starting to come apart, that's the 1:36:21.880 --> 1:36:25.200 time to take immediate action. That computer's battery is bulging 1:36:25.280 --> 1:36:29.080 and could potentially explode or catch fire. That's an immediate 1:36:29.120 --> 1:36:32.280 call to take that to a either repair shop or 1:36:32.280 --> 1:36:36.120 take it to e waste. Typically, what's going to the 1:36:36.160 --> 1:36:39.080 triggers for getting a new computer. For knowing it's time 1:36:39.600 --> 1:36:42.280 is you're no longer getting security updates. So if you've 1:36:42.320 --> 1:36:45.720 got Windows ten, you're going to stop this October. If 1:36:45.760 --> 1:36:48.719 you're running a Mac, you're running Moderay, you're not getting 1:36:48.760 --> 1:36:52.200 you're not getting updates anymore, and even Venturable start getting updates. 1:36:52.680 --> 1:36:55.760 So if you stop getting security updates, that's the time 1:36:55.800 --> 1:36:58.439 you need to buy a new computer, and then look 1:36:58.439 --> 1:37:00.360 at what's the best thing to do with over if 1:37:00.400 --> 1:37:04.160 you're all going to still functional again. Laptop Elf Project 1:37:04.240 --> 1:37:07.240 would love to have it o their charities will take it. 1:37:07.280 --> 1:37:09.640 So there's life remaining in those computers. 1:37:09.680 --> 1:37:12.240 We have software we can put on to extend the 1:37:12.360 --> 1:37:15.800 usable life for those donated computers for teachers and for nonprofits. 1:37:16.160 --> 1:37:19.240 Yeah, that's I'm guessing you're referring to the Chrome os flex, 1:37:19.280 --> 1:37:22.599 which basically turns like any laptop into a Chrome book, 1:37:22.920 --> 1:37:24.640 which is what a lot of the schools use. So 1:37:24.760 --> 1:37:27.799 even if it's not powerful enough to run like Windows 1:37:27.880 --> 1:37:30.760 or Mac at this point, or the security updates aren't there, 1:37:31.040 --> 1:37:33.040 it can still run that Chrome, which is based like 1:37:33.160 --> 1:37:34.880 a web browser based program. 1:37:35.439 --> 1:37:36.160 Okay, so you like. 1:37:36.200 --> 1:37:38.560 Best Buy, you like Staples, obviously you can donate to 1:37:38.640 --> 1:37:41.720 Laptop Elf if you're in the LA area, there's other 1:37:42.720 --> 1:37:45.360 There's other nonprofits too wherever you live that I'm sure 1:37:45.360 --> 1:37:47.599 would take these. Tell me about some of your favorite 1:37:47.600 --> 1:37:49.439 tools and websites. You mentioned a couple of them, but 1:37:49.479 --> 1:37:50.880 tell me some of the others. 1:37:51.600 --> 1:37:53.880 So for our rook bench's some that we use all 1:37:53.920 --> 1:37:59.280 the time. One is called Crystal disc Info. It's available 1:37:59.280 --> 1:38:03.200 from Crystal dot info, and basically it gives you a 1:38:03.360 --> 1:38:06.599 computer tool where you can get the smart values off 1:38:06.600 --> 1:38:08.160 of the hard drive and that tells you that the 1:38:08.200 --> 1:38:12.160 hard drives condition green, yellow, or red, operating temperature. It 1:38:12.160 --> 1:38:14.519 tells you if there's too many bad sectors. So it's 1:38:14.560 --> 1:38:16.519 a very good tool to assess whether or not that 1:38:16.600 --> 1:38:20.040 hard drive is good, is getting weak it needs to 1:38:20.080 --> 1:38:22.800 be replaced, or is definitely critical and you could lose 1:38:22.840 --> 1:38:26.120 your data. So that's one favorite for everyday use. I 1:38:26.240 --> 1:38:29.519 use for Internet speed, I use speed dot cloudfare dot 1:38:29.760 --> 1:38:33.519 dot com. At speed dot cloudflare dot com you get 1:38:33.600 --> 1:38:37.360 upload and download speed, latency jitter. It's a very handy 1:38:37.400 --> 1:38:42.519 tool to check your internet connection. Now on my workshop machine, 1:38:42.560 --> 1:38:45.760 I have many tool Partition Wizard and what we use 1:38:45.800 --> 1:38:48.240 that for if there's a machine that we can't erase 1:38:48.280 --> 1:38:50.720 the hard drive by booting onto it, we'll pull the 1:38:50.760 --> 1:38:54.200 hard drive connected to that workshop machine and many tool 1:38:54.240 --> 1:38:57.240 partition Wizard will do that process of overriding ones and 1:38:57.360 --> 1:39:01.280 zeros over the entire hard drive that in from is unretrievable. 1:39:02.640 --> 1:39:05.760 I mentioned d ban dB a n dot org. 1:39:05.920 --> 1:39:08.479 It's a free tool if you set it up on 1:39:08.600 --> 1:39:12.120 a flopping on excuse me, a USB drive using a 1:39:12.280 --> 1:39:15.120 rufous or another burner, and then you boot the d 1:39:15.240 --> 1:39:19.120 ban and it overwrites the drive entirely. Speaking of tools, 1:39:19.800 --> 1:39:22.040 a lot of machines that run Windows ten are not 1:39:22.160 --> 1:39:26.800 eligible for the for the Microsoft sanctioned Windows eleven upgrade, 1:39:27.000 --> 1:39:29.280 but if you use a rufous tool and the Windows 1:39:29.320 --> 1:39:32.640 eleven also you can download. We've had great success and 1:39:32.720 --> 1:39:37.519 installing Windows eleven on many machines not otherwise eligible for 1:39:37.560 --> 1:39:40.800 the Windows ten upgrade. It bypasses the TPM two point 1:39:40.880 --> 1:39:44.840 zero requirement, it bypasses the requirement for Microsoft account and 1:39:44.880 --> 1:39:48.200 it also by it also significantly loosens the requirement for 1:39:49.040 --> 1:39:53.200 RAM and for processors. So we've had great success in 1:39:53.360 --> 1:39:56.400 using that tool to boost some Windows ten machines up 1:39:56.400 --> 1:39:57.200 to Windows eleven. 1:39:57.479 --> 1:40:02.160 Great information, Uh, David Lombard, it is with the Laptopelfproject. 1:40:02.200 --> 1:40:06.719 It's Facebook dot com slash the Laptop Elf Project. David, 1:40:06.760 --> 1:40:09.200 you said you've done twenty five hundred computers. I mean, 1:40:09.600 --> 1:40:12.120 you know you're doing this as a nonprofit. Is what 1:40:12.280 --> 1:40:13.840 is fun about this for you? What do you like 1:40:13.840 --> 1:40:14.320 about all this? 1:40:15.360 --> 1:40:15.599 Well? 1:40:15.800 --> 1:40:18.240 I mean, of course, doctor Leo and I are tinkerers. 1:40:18.240 --> 1:40:20.200 We love to play with technology. We've been doing it 1:40:20.240 --> 1:40:22.320 for I mean for me, I bought my first computer 1:40:22.360 --> 1:40:25.639 in nineteen eighty two. But the real joy comes from 1:40:25.680 --> 1:40:29.160 talking to the teachers and the nonprofits. One of the 1:40:29.200 --> 1:40:32.360 teachers I gave a very nice Windows eleven laptop two. 1:40:33.040 --> 1:40:35.439 One of his students took that laptop all the way 1:40:35.479 --> 1:40:37.759 through Window of ten, all the way through high school 1:40:37.760 --> 1:40:41.120 and into college, and she would not have otherwise been 1:40:41.160 --> 1:40:43.599 able to get a laptop of that quality. So, I mean, 1:40:44.080 --> 1:40:46.600 the feedback and the teachers and nonprofits is really what 1:40:46.640 --> 1:40:47.640 brings the joy to this. 1:40:48.160 --> 1:40:50.160 Love it all right, We're gonna leave it there. Facebook 1:40:50.200 --> 1:40:53.679 dot com slash the Laptop Elf Project. David Lombard, thanks 1:40:53.720 --> 1:40:56.639 so much for joining me today. Really appreciate it. Get 1:40:56.640 --> 1:40:59.720 those computers wiped, get them cleaned up, get them donated, recycled. 1:41:00.360 --> 1:41:03.040 You've got lots of options. I'll link up all the 1:41:03.040 --> 1:41:06.280 things that he mentioned on my website. Richontech dot tv 1:41:06.439 --> 1:41:08.439 coming up, we're going to open up the feedbag. 1:41:09.880 --> 1:41:10.760 Thank you, rich Rick. 1:41:14.000 --> 1:41:18.879 Welcome back to rich on Tech. A couple of items 1:41:18.920 --> 1:41:22.800 to get to before we open the feedbag as promised. 1:41:24.040 --> 1:41:28.360 First off, remember National Public Data. This was the website 1:41:28.360 --> 1:41:31.600 that was hacked in twenty twenty four. They leaked billions 1:41:31.600 --> 1:41:35.200 of records, including social security numbers. Well, now the site 1:41:35.240 --> 1:41:39.080 is back under new ownership as a quote free people 1:41:39.200 --> 1:41:39.960 search engine. 1:41:40.000 --> 1:41:40.760 So what does that mean. 1:41:40.760 --> 1:41:42.840 While it's got a whole bunch of information about you 1:41:42.920 --> 1:41:46.240 in there, so you probably want to opt out of this. 1:41:46.600 --> 1:41:50.559 So go to National Public Data search for your name, 1:41:51.040 --> 1:41:53.920 copy your profile URL, and you can paste it into 1:41:53.960 --> 1:41:57.120 the website's opt out form. Now I got an email 1:41:57.120 --> 1:41:58.360 from some of this said, hey, I tried to do 1:41:58.400 --> 1:42:01.320 this and it's not working there. I'll be slammed because 1:42:01.439 --> 1:42:04.720 basically every website is recommending that you remove your data 1:42:04.760 --> 1:42:07.960 at this point, so maybe wait until things settle down 1:42:07.960 --> 1:42:11.439 over the next week, next week or so. Surprisingly, my 1:42:11.520 --> 1:42:13.479 information was not in there, so I was not able 1:42:13.520 --> 1:42:15.479 to remove it, but I did find a bunch of 1:42:15.560 --> 1:42:17.519 other people I know, so yeah, I would get that 1:42:17.560 --> 1:42:20.479 out of there. Google Flights has a new Flight Deals. 1:42:20.600 --> 1:42:23.519 This is an AI tool, so instead of like putting 1:42:23.560 --> 1:42:25.400 in all your dates and filters and this and that, 1:42:25.520 --> 1:42:29.080 you just describe your ideal trip. So for example, week 1:42:29.120 --> 1:42:31.519 long trip this winter to a city with great food, 1:42:32.040 --> 1:42:35.320 or ten day ski trip with fresh powder. AI understands. 1:42:35.400 --> 1:42:37.840 It looks through all of Google's data for airlines and 1:42:37.880 --> 1:42:40.439 booking sites and it will tell you what it thinks 1:42:40.479 --> 1:42:41.120 would be great. 1:42:41.720 --> 1:42:43.599 So this is in beta. 1:42:44.120 --> 1:42:46.400 It's not available to everyone just yet, but it's at 1:42:46.439 --> 1:42:50.200 Google dot com, slash travel, slash flights, slash deals. 1:42:50.240 --> 1:42:51.519 I'll put the link on the website. 1:42:51.760 --> 1:42:54.679 Not available for me just yet because it's rolling out, 1:42:55.040 --> 1:42:57.640 so you may not have access right away. There's a 1:42:57.680 --> 1:43:01.920 new app called Cassette. This is really neat. It's only 1:43:01.920 --> 1:43:05.160 for iPhone, but it plays random clips from your iPhone videos, 1:43:05.600 --> 1:43:07.880 kind of like the idea of popping a VHS tape 1:43:07.880 --> 1:43:10.320 into the player and you don't really know what's on 1:43:10.320 --> 1:43:12.040 that tape and so it just kind of pops up 1:43:12.080 --> 1:43:15.200 a moment. So just install the app. It goes through 1:43:15.200 --> 1:43:18.280 your videos on your iPhone. You press one of the 1:43:18.520 --> 1:43:21.080 VHS tapes it shows and it brings like a little 1:43:21.080 --> 1:43:24.760 clip from that that video. It's really cool, it's fun. 1:43:24.880 --> 1:43:28.439 It's free. If you want to select specific clips, you 1:43:28.479 --> 1:43:31.160 can pay eight dollars. But this is just an independent 1:43:31.160 --> 1:43:33.800 app from an independent developer, and it's just fun. 1:43:34.040 --> 1:43:35.000 I had a lot of fun with it. 1:43:35.080 --> 1:43:39.400 Cassette C A S S E T T Again, I'll 1:43:39.400 --> 1:43:40.360 put a link on the website. 1:43:40.360 --> 1:43:42.360 And also retro camp Snap. 1:43:42.439 --> 1:43:47.280 They make these cool cameras that have no playback on them, 1:43:47.560 --> 1:43:49.960 no screens, kind of like a point and shoot camera. 1:43:50.280 --> 1:43:53.360 They now have a digital video camera inspired by the 1:43:53.400 --> 1:43:57.280 classic Super eight camera CS eight. There's no playback on it, 1:43:57.320 --> 1:43:59.200 there's no deleting. You just shoot video and then you 1:43:59.240 --> 1:44:01.799 can enjoy it late. It's one hundred and fifty dollars 1:44:01.880 --> 1:44:05.240 usually two hundred shipping in mid September. You can choose 1:44:05.240 --> 1:44:09.880 from various aspect ratios. Got five vintage inspired filters, and 1:44:09.920 --> 1:44:11.800 it's got the trigger that you pull and you get 1:44:11.800 --> 1:44:14.439 one clip off of that. Built in mic for audio. 1:44:14.760 --> 1:44:18.640 It's got retro looking battery and memory meters. Comes with 1:44:18.680 --> 1:44:20.600 a little bit of internal memory. You can expand it 1:44:20.640 --> 1:44:24.400 with more USBC. And this is not for everyone. It's 1:44:24.439 --> 1:44:26.559 just someone who might might have had one of these 1:44:26.560 --> 1:44:28.519 in the past and want something that's kind of fun. 1:44:28.920 --> 1:44:31.280 Someone that's a creator wants to do something different. But 1:44:31.320 --> 1:44:36.280 it's all about distraction free, screen free video recording, just 1:44:36.439 --> 1:44:39.880 like their camp snap camera, which I love because you 1:44:39.920 --> 1:44:42.439 take it. It's almost like an old school disposable camera. 1:44:42.520 --> 1:44:44.439 You just take pictures on it and then you plug 1:44:44.439 --> 1:44:46.240 it into your computer and you can seal those pictures. 1:44:46.280 --> 1:44:49.599 Then all right, time for the feedback. These are the emails, 1:44:49.600 --> 1:44:51.479 the comments, and the questions I get from you. If 1:44:51.479 --> 1:44:54.080 you want to submit yours, go to richon tech dot 1:44:54.120 --> 1:44:58.880 tv hit Contact. Diane from Lapuente writes in my daughter 1:44:59.040 --> 1:45:02.040 was crocheting a pair of Knights gauntlets for a costume 1:45:02.439 --> 1:45:05.320 and posted her progress online. A woman reached out wanting 1:45:05.320 --> 1:45:08.120 to buy a pair, then claimed she had accidentally sent 1:45:08.200 --> 1:45:11.040 over five hundred dollars and needed a refund. Without checking 1:45:11.080 --> 1:45:13.559 your bank account, my daughter followed instructions from a man 1:45:13.640 --> 1:45:16.760 posing as PayPal support, who convinced her to send three 1:45:16.840 --> 1:45:19.479 hundred dollars. He was trying to get the rest when 1:45:19.479 --> 1:45:21.920 I walked in and ended the call. We later found 1:45:21.920 --> 1:45:24.440 the money had been moved through cash app to buy bitcoin. 1:45:24.680 --> 1:45:26.560 Her bank would not help and cash app said the 1:45:26.600 --> 1:45:28.960 money was gone. I hope you'll share this again to 1:45:29.040 --> 1:45:32.439 warn younger people about the scam. Thank you, Diane. That's 1:45:32.439 --> 1:45:35.479 the thing. People think it's just old people that are scammed. No, 1:45:35.840 --> 1:45:39.679 it's actually a lot of young people because they are 1:45:39.720 --> 1:45:43.080 not hipped to the scams. So keep in mind it's 1:45:43.200 --> 1:45:45.360 a lot of people getting scammed, not just old or young. 1:45:46.479 --> 1:45:49.200 Jay writes in from Hot Springs. Microsoft Edge has a 1:45:49.200 --> 1:45:52.519 built in scareware blocker designed to stop those fake full 1:45:52.560 --> 1:45:55.840 screen pop ups claiming your computers infected and telling you 1:45:55.880 --> 1:45:58.920 to call a number or download software. It uses machine 1:45:59.000 --> 1:46:01.240 learning to detect these scam pages and show you a 1:46:01.280 --> 1:46:04.639 warning it's not on by default. To enable it, open Edge, 1:46:04.960 --> 1:46:08.280 go to Settings, Privacy, Search and Services, then toggle on 1:46:08.600 --> 1:46:12.720 enable AI to block malware. What a cool feature. I mean, 1:46:12.960 --> 1:46:15.000 you have to be using Edge, but turn that on 1:46:15.280 --> 1:46:21.400 for sure. 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