WEBVTT - Netflix nicely cracks down on password sharing 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:14.760 Starbucks goes electric, Samsung unveils its answer to the iPhone 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:21.000 se Netflix might make freeloaders pay plus your tech questions answered? 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.400 What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this is Rich 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:25.480 on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.479 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.040 place where I answer the questions you send me, and 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.160 Boyd has send me those questions. I'm the tech reporter 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:38.000 at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome to the 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:43.120 folks watching on the live Instagram stream. I did this 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:46.240 last week, and you know what, I thought, it brought 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.440 like a pretty nice energy to the show. So I 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:51.120 felt like I was getting instant reactions. I felt like 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.760 people were asking questions. I felt like half the people 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:56.360 were like, who is this person I'm following? And why 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:58.920 is he doing this thing? What? Rich has a podcast, 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.960 So all of the are totally valid. So welcome to 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.640 the show. Thanks for joining me. Got a lot to 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:08.640 talk about this week, way too much actually, so I'm 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.640 gonna have to go through some of these stories pretty fast. 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:15.520 But I just got back from Palm Springs, California, which 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.360 I know a lot a lot of my followers are 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:20.480 in California, but a lot of them are in or 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.760 a lot of you or in other places. And I 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:25.720 just have to say that Palm Springs. There is so 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.200 much going on in California. And I'm not just talking 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:31.400 about the problems. I'm talking about the good stuff too. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.360 I mean, California is such a beautiful state. I almost 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.240 called it a country because it kind of is. It's 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.360 so big that you like, I grew up on the 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:44.520 East Coast in New Jersey, and you know, when we 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.960 went on road trips, we literally went all over the 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.240 East coast. You know, we went to Maine, we went 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.520 to New Hampshire, we went to New York, we went 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:59.920 to Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania begrudgingly, but we went all over. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.360 We went to different places. Just kidding. If you're in Pennsylvania, 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.280 it was just a really long drive across. But the 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:10.360 reality is in California, you know, there are so many 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.360 places to go that you don't even have to leave California. 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.360 I mean, it's and it's so beautiful and it's so varied. 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:19.920 That's the thing. It took me many many years to 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:21.680 realize this, Like I took it all for granted, and 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.560 now I just get it, Like you want to go 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.560 to the mountains. That weekend, go to the mountains. You 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.800 want to go to the ocean. The next weekend you 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.880 go to the ocean. You want to go to the snow. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.880 One weekend you go to the snow. You want the desert, 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.440 You've got the desert. You want amazing cities like San Francisco, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.760 uh that are still you know, recovering from the pandemic, 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:42.200 you can go there. But I mean Wine Country. There 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.880 is just so much. And I guess maybe it's now 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:46.520 that I have kids that I'm kind of going to 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.320 all these places and looking for things. But anyway, I 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.160 tell you all this because I was in Palm Springs 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.120 for this Volvo Drive event and it you know, it's 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.120 basically an event. They invite the media and you go 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.000 and you drive the cars. And I'm telling you, Palm 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.280 up in there so many times, but mostly Palm Desert, 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.280 and it's just such a fun little place. There's just 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:09.120 so like so much energy there. It's something about the 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:13.320 mountains in the distance that are just like they ground 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.920 you in this world. I don't know what it is, 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:18.240 but I just get this like re energized feeling when 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.440 I go to Palm Springs and Palm Desert and it's 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.720 just such a fun place. So anyway, if you haven't been, 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.839 if you haven't been lately, go And yeah, I've got 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.760 commenters talking about the taxes and taxes and the high 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.839 gas prices, and yes, there are a million and one 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.600 things about California that make it a kind of a 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.080 wild place to live. But at the end of the day, 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:41.200 we enjoy a lifestyle here that is so far ahead 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:45.160 and beyond what so many people experience in this world 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.240 and in the US even, and we take it for granted, 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.320 and sometimes you just kind of have to remember that, like, 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.960 this is such a magical place. So anyway, I know 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:56.240 it got really really tough during the pandemic with all 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.600 of the mandates and things, but we're finally getting out 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:03.240 of that, and yeah, it is worth it. As Ryan said, anyway, 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.760 So I was talking about the Volvo. I drove Valvo's 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:09.800 first all electric car. This is the C forty. This 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.160 is Valvo's first pure electric car. And I didn't even 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.480 realize that they didn't have a pure electric yet. They 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.600 had you know, half and half whatever hybrid kind of thing, 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.640 but this is their first pure electric gets about two 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.800 hundred miles to the fill up and I was very impressed. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.039 In fact, you know, as you listen to me, you 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.440 know I have a Tesla. This made me a little jealous. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:30.719 I was like, did I jump the gun on the 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.760 Tesla situation and get that a little bit too early 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.640 with all of these cool cars coming out. And I 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.159 will still say that the Tesla, the advantage that it 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.960 has is not only the technology of the car. And 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:44.760 there's a lot of downsides to the Tesla. Don't get 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.359 me wrong. I think the fit and finish is just 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.200 pretty horrible. But the beauty is the driving every day. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:55.719 And also the charging situation is just unsurpassed. With the Tesla. 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.560 You can go anywhere California, West Coast, pretty much across 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.160 the US, and you're gonna be fine with charging. That 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.400 cannot be said for these other cars. And so as 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.880 much as I love the Volvo, unless you're using it 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:11.280 just to commute, it's definitely it's gonna be a challenge 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:14.680 still to find those those charging stations that are not 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.880 only I mean you can find them, they may not 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.520 be the fastest charging stations. And that's the other part 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.640 of this is you have to have fast charging to 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.159 really get the most used out of these cars on 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.320 a road trip. If you just drive into work and 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.360 to school and to you know, fun around town, you're 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.680 gonna be just fine. Charging at home, charging at work, 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:33.920 it's going to be just fine. It's really on those 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:38.520 road trips that that Tesla infrastructure rocks. So with that 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.880 in mind, I will have My review of the C forty. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.479 I mean, top line review is that it's an excellent car. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.760 In fact, I would definitely recommend it, and I think 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:51.200 that the Volvo is a fantastic ev I love the 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.680 Google inside. In fact, there wasn't anything I didn't like 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.960 about it. The price is a little high, it's sixty grand, 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.720 but it does qualify for all the tax rebates, which 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.599 could be up to like, you know, ten thousand bucks 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.000 depending on where you live, and so you know, that's nice. 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.040 The other thing is that the Starbucks and Volvo are 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:12.080 collaborating to build chargers at Starbucks, which of course makes 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.400 a lot of sense, right, I mean, Starbucks are everywhere. 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.040 They've got a lot of this extra space at their stations, 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.240 you know, at their at their places that have parking 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.440 lots and stuff like that. So you can easily convert 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:28.560 one of those into a charger. So they're gonna do 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.599 fifteen Starbucks locations for starters, and it's gonna be a 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.880 thirteen hundred and fifty mile route from Do you say 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.479 route or route? I always say route, paper like I 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.359 had a paper route when I was a kid, paper 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.359 route when I was a kid. I say route. I 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.640 think you can say it either way, but anyway, They're 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.680 gonna go from Seattle to Denver with this pilot program, 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.640 which is a location about every one hundred miles. And 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.320 so people are you know, and I asked Valvo. I said, hey, 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.200 I'd really like to drive this road trip later this 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.680 year when these things are in place, and so they said, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.880 oh yeah, yeah, sure, But you know, they'll say anything 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:07.560 in the moment, but who knows, we'll see, but I'm excited. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.240 Volvo drivers will get access for free. And this should 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.280 be the test, Like pilot will be completed by twenty 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.640 twenty two, so they will have these stations in place, 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.520 and it's just one of these things where we're going 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.960 to see more and more. Like Ryan is saying, Sonic 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.480 really needs to get in on EV charging. That would 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:30.160 actually be a great one. The ev charging at Sonic 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:31.840 would be perfect because you don't have to leave your car. 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.360 Can you imagine if you order at the screen and 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.520 you actually say, can you also plug in my car? 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.280 And this is another thing I wanted to mention that 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.480 a lot of people don't talk about with the evs 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.360 is that and this. I almost feel guilty mentioning this 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:47.000 right now because because of the high gas prices in 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.960 California and the US at large. But I mean, there 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.440 are so many opportunities to charge evs for free. That 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.040 is kind of a small secret right now, where yes, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.200 it's getting maybe less places, but like you know, the 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.080 hotel I stayed at in Palm Springs, I just they 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.120 didn't advertise it or anything. I just I always ask 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.480 when I get to a hotel, like, hey, can you 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.520 charge my car? And I will say, the last four 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.440 or five places I've stayed at or six have all 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.600 had a place to charge, so and by the way, 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.320 that charging is free. So it was kind of nice 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.520 driving back knowing that it was like a free ride. Basically, 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:25.440 still wear and tear in your car obviously, Marcus says, 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.360 can I have a pair of those? These these are 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.440 like real, like you guys don't really see me doing 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.800 the podcast with these headphones on. But I love these 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.280 headphones because I'm a I'm a person that moves a 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.760 lot when I talk, and so these these headphones can 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.200 move with me. It's basically one of those like Monday 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.760 night football, like the sports headphones. So I've got the 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.800 two side cups and then the microphone right in front 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.320 of my mouth. But it's great and I love the 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.560 I've used these since day one on the podcast because 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.520 they're just so easy. All right, let's get to the 0:08:55.559 --> 0:09:00.600 first question of the show. Good morning. I enjoy your 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.160 insights on many products would have. Do you have any 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:08.680 recommendations for a reliable fax app that's compatible with my 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.400 scanner that's listed or a free app that doesn't require 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.120 a subscription. I am home based. Thanks for your time 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:19.960 and help if you're able to, Sincerely, Valerie. Valerie, I 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.600 don't think there is a free Maybe there's a free 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:28.520 facts situation out there. I honestly I don't know if. Well, okay, 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.880 so there's something I just searched for free facts. It's 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:36.199 called facts zero. I mean, I guess you can do that. 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.560 It's a maximum of three pages plus a cover five 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:41.760 factxes per day. So if you want to just send 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:47.160 something for freefactszero dot com, Now, I personally, if you're 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.600 using this for business, I think that you're going to 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.280 have to step up a little bit and pay. Because 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:56.280 number one, anything that's free, you have to wonder about 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.080 the security of that. You know, it may not be 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.880 as secure as a paid as a paid thing something 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.760 that doesn't require a subscription, So I think, I mean, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.440 I'll just tell you my favorite. So my favorite is 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:12.880 it's called Hellofax Hellofax dot com and I've used them 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.199 for many, many years anytime I have to sign any 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.360 kind of contract, paperwork whatever hello fax it is. And honestly, 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.760 I've never had to pay, so I'm not sure if 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.920 they have some sort of free level of service where 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.040 you get like one or two or three facts is 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.240 a month. I think maybe I did have to pay 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.240 ninety nine cents once to send one, but it was 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:31.880 so minimal that I was like, all right, that's fine, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:33.920 I could I could do that. I think I went 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.760 to a Kinkos once and it was like seven or 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.760 eight bucks to send a FAXT, So I think you'll 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.680 be fine. But that's what I would recommend. I would 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.240 recommend Hello Fax and see if if you know the 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.640 free facts works, try it. Hellofax is the other one, 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.839 and there are others out my my, eating my words, 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.360 there are others out there, like efacts dot Com is 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.960 pretty much the gold standard in faxing. It's been around forever. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.400 I like HELLOFACTX. I think it's more modern. It works 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.319 really well. And they were purchased by Dropbox, so I 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:05.960 don't know how long they're going to be around, but 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.440 they are still around and they always work for me, 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.920 and it always seems great, all right. T Mobile this 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.959 week unveiled its answer to the to the iPhone SE, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.480 the new iPhone SE. I talked about it last week 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.520 on the show. It is the five G iPhone that 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.520 kind of looks like an iPhone eight. It's still got 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.040 the home button, but it's got upgraded cameras and a 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:32.559 better processor. And Samsung their's is called the Galaxy A 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.160 fifty three five G. I mean, oh, isn't that a 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.000 winning name? Consumers are just going to roll into Best 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.199 Buy and be like, hey, can I please get the 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:46.760 Galaxy Samsung Galaxy A fifty three five G. I mean, Samsung, 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.840 come on, like, let's just make these phones with names 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:55.760 that people can roll off the you know, off the tongue. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.800 I mean, you know, how about just the Galaxy Triple 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.679 A or something. You know, four hundred and forty nine dollars. 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.319 Don't pay that price. Samsung phones are always discounted, So 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.679 if you're paying four hundred and forty nine dollars, you're 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.439 doing something wrong. I guarantee you there's a discount on 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:15.439 this phone already, Samsung A fifty three. So the advantages 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.920 over the iPhone SC It's got more cameras, so it's 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:22.120 got the It's got a quad camera system, so I 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.640 assume that's three cameras on the back and a camera 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.280 on the front, so you're getting like the wide angle 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.120 and all that stuff, and the zoom, so that's a 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.880 little bit better. It's got AI power to capture clear 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.040 pictures in all lighting conditions. Is also got the photo 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.280 remaster which will take a photo make it look better, 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.960 and object eraser, which is kind of fun. It's got 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.719 now they say two day battery life. I have not 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.240 tested this phone just yet, so I can't tell you 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:47.960 if it has to day. They did tell me that 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:50.880 the S twenty two Ultra had two day and I 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:52.679 don't know if that's the case. Maybe if you don't 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.280 use it as much as I do, but you know 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.240 you're gonna get long battery life. I think Samsung has 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.880 done a really good job with the battery life. Also 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:03.160 super fast charging and a six point five inch display 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.800 edge to edge. So a lot of people with the 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:10.040 with the iPhone S the new one, you know, and 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.600 by the way, that's a four hundred and twenty nine dollars, 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.319 So this one's a little bit more, but like I said, 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.480 it's gonna be discounted. A lot of people are giving 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.080 the iPhone SE that came out in twenty twenty two 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.760 a hard time because it's it's got a very old design. 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:25.240 Now some people might like that because it's comfortable, it's 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.840 what they're used to, and really, who they're appealing to 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.240 here is not the most cutting edge person with either 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.319 of these phones. These are phones that are basic smartphones 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.800 that will do the job, but also are really good. 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.840 I mean, these inexpensive and I'm putting up my air 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.199 quotes here, these inexpensive smartphones in twenty twenty two are 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.560 still pretty amazing. And so if you like Samsung, if 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.480 you like the Android side of things. Then I would 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:52.640 definitely consider this a fifty three to five G. I 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.680 think that the S twenty two, if you can jump 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:58.320 up to the S twenty two, I think that would 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.640 be a better phone over all if you care about 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.520 like the maximum everything, But if you just care about 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.800 having a nice smartphone that that just works and it's 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.600 it's going to be a better deal. I would reckon reckon, 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.440 who says reckon, I would reckon to say that this 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.160 is probably gonna be one hundred dollars off minimum, So 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.120 I'd say one hundred dollars, so three hundred and fifty 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.360 bucks for this phone. So I think that's that's that's 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.720 a pretty good deal. So Samsung Galaxy A fifty three 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:33.200 five G. Let's get to the next question of the show. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:40.640 Diana says, I saw your infomercial this morning. I love 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:45.120 when people call my stories on TV infomercials or advertisements. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:49.200 We call them segments because they are not No one 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.600 pays us to do these things, so it's not an infomercial. 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.440 It's not an advertisement. I get it. It's different than 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.280 the standard news because it's like, okay, it goes from 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.080 like fire, you know, murder. This That to me which 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.840 is like smiling and you know, telling you something fun, 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.040 but it's not. It's not an infomercial, it is just 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:13.680 a segment. So anyway, I saw your infomercial this morning 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:15.960 on tracking points through a ward wallet and point me. 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.520 But when I look them up, it seems they want 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:21.640 me to provide passwords to my accounts, which concern me. 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:25.720 Could you clarify how these two sites work? Thank you, Diana. Diana, 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.480 this is a excellent question and I'm so glad you 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.360 asked it because you should always be critical of any 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:37.720 website that wants you to hand over your passwords. Now, 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.880 when I do these the research on these sites, a 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.760 ward wallet has been around forever. Point me as brand new. 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.400 Point me doesn't ask for your your your login info, 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.880 but a ward wallet definitely does, and so does the 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.760 points guy, the point skuy app that I also mentioned, 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.280 and so a ward wallet the way it works, and 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.720 I've grown to love this app and just a few 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.120 weeks of using it. But you log in with your email, 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.920 and I know it's a lot to give up your email, 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.280 you know, your email account to these these systems. Now, 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.840 the way they authenticate it, you're not actually giving them 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.520 your password they're just getting a one time token from Google. 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:17.400 But at the end of the day, they can read 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.560 your email, and so you have to be comfortable with 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.200 a website if you're giving it this level of access. Now, 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.040 on the flip side, the reason why I give it 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.800 that level of access is because it is looking for 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.840 emails that come from any sort of travel company or reservation. 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.040 And so what I love about a ward wallet is 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:38.160 that I now have this list of every single reservation 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.520 I have ever made, and I can tell you in 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.920 seven days, I'm going out to dinner, and a couple 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.200 of days after that, I might be checking into a 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.600 hotel that I might be going to a lunch, and 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.640 then I'm you know, it's just all these things and 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.440 they're all in a row with my confirmation number front 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.840 and center. It's all stuff that's in my email. But 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:57.840 guess what, when I want to check into that Hilton, 0:16:57.920 --> 0:16:59.520 I have to go and search in my email for 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.960 the conformation number. And it's kind of similar to what 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.520 uh trip it is it trip it trip it does? 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.560 Uh trip it costs. I think it's like fifty bucks 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:10.639 a year. Your company might give it you for free, 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.680 but again, it's just it makes life a little bit easier. 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.359 So I'm giving up a little bit of control to 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.439 make my life easier and to organize my life because 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:23.040 if this saves me from one, you know, penalty of 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.280 a cancelation or something that I forget to do, that's 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.600 a big deal and that that's very worth it to me, 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:30.440 or you know, looking at my thing and saying, wait, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.480 what's this United flight? Like what what's I didn't I 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:35.840 don't remember that. Oh yeah, I have that coming up, 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.040 so I need to you know, it just it just 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.720 helps you. And so it's one tool. But again you 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.800 have to be very critical of any website that asks 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.960 for your login information. And Points Guy again I trust them, 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.040 and a lot of these companies use kind of third parties, 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:53.359 like I don't know if Points Guy does, but no, 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.080 I think you log in with your actual stuff. But 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.480 you have to remember now, if you ever want to 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.320 revoke access, you all need to learn how to do that. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:06.080 And so typically it's called third party permissions. So if 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.160 you just Google, like let's say you want to look 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:12.959 at all the companies or the websites that you've authorized 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:16.240 your Google login, just type in Google and then third 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:21.360 party what I say, third party permissions. Okay, So I'm 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:24.239 googling that and it comes up to sign into your 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:27.359 Google account, and now I can see all the apps 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:29.960 that have access to my account and I can revoke access. 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.639 So and it also will tell you what those apps 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:37.119 have access to. So, for instance, Amazon A you know 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:40.200 what I'm talking about, has some account access a ward 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.680 while it has access to Gmail. That's a red flag. 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:44.520 I'm like, Okay, I want to make sure I trust that. 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:49.840 Let's see macOS has access to my Gmail, my Google calendar, 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:55.120 my Google Contacts. Let's see, Samsung has some account access. 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.560 Trip it has access to my Gmail. Now I don't 0:18:57.560 --> 0:18:59.480 have a Trippet account anymore. I don't think I do. 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:03.080 That's active, and so I would probably go through and 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:06.760 revoke access because they still have access to my email 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:08.280 and I don't want them to have access. So you 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:09.760 can do that with Instagram, you can do it, with 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.000 the Twitter, you can do it Facebook, Google, any company 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.520 that you can log in with, you can revoke those 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:19.800 third party permissions. So great question, Diane, And yes, always, always, 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:23.359 always be critical of anything that you're giving your permission to. 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:26.920 But at the same time, it can be very it 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.440 can be very advantageous to do that as well if 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:33.680 you trust the program. All right, iOS fifteen point four 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:37.199 is now available, so if you have an iPhone or 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.560 an iPad or a Mac there they launched all of 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:43.000 their new software this week, so if you want the 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.679 latest and greatest software, you can go ahead and get that. 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.720 I was not even aware that my MacBook had new 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:52.359 software until I was doing research for the show and 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:54.480 I was like, oh, I should probably download that. I 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.320 used to be one of these people that was downloading 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.960 the software like immediately, and you know, I'd press refresh 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.840 a million times to get the new software, and then 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:04.560 I got burned. And so now I don't put as 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:06.760 much of an emphasis on it, but I do like 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.000 to be up to date for security reasons and also 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.040 to test this stuff out. Now. I was running the 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:13.680 beta of iOS fifteen point four for a long time now, 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.520 so I've already been familiar with the new features, like 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:18.720 the ability I mean, this came out in January for me, 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:22.320 but the ability to I mean, the new features are 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.680 the ability to wear a mask while you uh use 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.479