1 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Everyone's going wild over NFTs. Netflix cracks down on sharing, 2 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: using Siri to find the best gas prices. Plus your 3 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: tech questions answered, What's going on? I'm Rich Tomorrow and 4 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 5 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 6 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: It's also the place where I answer the questions you 7 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: send me. I'm the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five 8 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: You may also find me on. 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: Other stations around the US. So the company that owns 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: KTLA also has like one hundred something stations across the nation. 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: So I get a lot of emails. 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: These days or texts and tweets or whatever from people saying, oh, 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 1: I saw you in Hawaii, I saw you in New Mexico, 15 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: saw you in. 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: I don't know wherever. So it's kind of fun. 17 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: So if you found me in one of those places, 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: thank you for tuning in and listening. And what a 19 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: week it's been in Los Angeles, because well, it's snowed 20 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: in my backyard. In my backyard, there was well maybe 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't snow, but it was definitely something that resembled snow, 22 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: and I guess it was technically hal or. Someone told 23 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: me it was something called gropple. I don't know. But 24 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: the point is when your kid is in the other 25 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: room distance learning, and you're in your office and you 26 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: hear wild screaming and you run over there to see 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: what happened, and you'll look outside the back door and 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: it's just totally a winter wonderland. I couldn't believe it. 29 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: It was pretty awesome. So I don't think I've ever 30 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: seen that happen in Los Angeles ever, now, given we 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: have the mountains here, and so of course if you're 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: in the mountains, they're very familiar with snow and hail 33 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: and sleet and all that stuff. But when you just 34 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: of in like La proper like I do, and it's 35 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: coming down in your backyard, that's pretty wild. So I 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: got a cool video on my Instagram of me kind 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: of picking up whatever this is. 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: Whatever this was, you. 39 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: Know, snow, hail, sleet, gropple, whatever it was. I picked 40 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: it up and it felt pretty amazing for a minute. 41 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: And then, by the way, it all melted in about 42 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: a half an hour to an hour afterwards, So that 43 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: generally happens. But it's also been raining in La so 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: it's been kind of wild weather. Here in Los Angeles 45 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: and probably across the nation. I know, you know, there's 46 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: been a snowstorms and this and that, so hopefully you're 47 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: good where you are. But let's get to the first 48 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: item of business here. Tea Mobile is stepping up targeting advertising. 49 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: This is the Wall Street Journal. 50 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: They first noticed this, but they sent an email or 51 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: I guess they just updated their privacy policy. I don't 52 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: know how they found this, but they said, starting April 53 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: twenty sixth, Tea Mobile subscribers will basically have whatever they 54 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: do on their phone tracked by Team Mobile. And I mean, 55 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: I guess that's always been going on, but now they're 56 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: going to use that information to target advertising. So they're 57 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: not just you know, these companies don't just overtly share 58 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 1: your information. But what they do is they build a database. 59 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: So let's say I'm an advertiser and I want to 60 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: sell you socks, and so I go on to the 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: T mobile, you know, advertising back end, and I say, 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: I want to target everyone who has looked up socks 63 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: or any sort of you know, undergarments in the last 64 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: six months, and boom, now you see my ad inserted 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: on any of those pages or wherever you go. 66 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: Whatever. 67 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: However, T Mobile does ads. I don't know, but you know, 68 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: so you would see my ad in all those places. 69 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: So historically I guess they didn't really do this, but 70 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: you know, the reality is TEA Mobile said, you know, 71 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: we've heard they told the Wall Street Journal, We've heard 72 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: many say they prefer more relevant ads. So we're defaulting 73 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: to this setting. So this is a default for sixty 74 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: million people. And what does that do? 75 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: That just turns off on a lot of money. 76 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: It's like a money spigot that T Mobile is turning 77 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: on because guess what, no matter what you use, unless 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: you're on a VPN, you know, if you're incognito mode 79 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: or you know, whatever browser you're using, pretty much a 80 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: lot of these times, you're still your ISP still gets 81 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: to see what you're doing. And so a T Mobile 82 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: in this case is the ISP Internet service provider. They're 83 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: the ones that actually serve up the website on the 84 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: back end using their data and your data plan if 85 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: you're not on your WiFi, and so they see kind 86 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: of where you're going and they say, okay, this person 87 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: likes scooters, they like tropical vacations, they like socks. And 88 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: so now when those companies come to target them boom. 89 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 2: They can do that. 90 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: So if you don't like this idea, you can actually 91 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: opt out, and the way you do it is that 92 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: you go into the T mobile app, or you can 93 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: go there's a sprint way to opt out and a 94 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: metro way to opt out. I put the instructions for 95 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: T Mobile. I'll put them in the in the notes 96 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: because I shared this street Journal article. But they're apparently paywalled, 97 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: so you can't really just see these instructions that they 98 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: put on there. But I'll put the instructions. T Mobile 99 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: actually put out a YouTube video with instructions on how 100 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: to do it. So if you want to opt out, 101 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: I'm kind of like one of those people that I 102 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: would rather see an ad that's targeted than not, I guess, 103 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: but I also see why you know this is I 104 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: call these those follow me ads, the ads that just 105 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: follow you from place to place to place. So a 106 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: lot of this stuff, well this may not be that, 107 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: but anyway, the point is, you know, if you don't 108 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: like your information sliced and diced and shared then or targeted, 109 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: then you probably want to opt out of this. 110 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 2: Now. 111 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: T Mobile does say that your your personal identity is 112 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: not linked to the data that you have. Right, so 113 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: all your they don't know you as like Rich DeMuro 114 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: that likes socks. It's just this person likes socks, and 115 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: so you should target your ads towards this person. But 116 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: the reality is, we know, over and over, I've heard 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: this and seen this from so many people that they 118 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: don't just use one database per se. A lot of 119 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: times these very advanced advertising systems will merge various databases. 120 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: So just because T Mobile doesn't hand over your ID, 121 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: believe me, there's other ways for them to get it. 122 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, they pretty much 123 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: know everything they need to know about you. All right, 124 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: let's get to the first Uh is this a question? 125 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: This looks like some feedback? All right, hey, Rich, just 126 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: some simple feedback regarding your product recommendations. The Apple home 127 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: Pod Mini, recommended so highly, has turned out to be 128 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: a bust. The sound quality pales in comparison to the 129 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: JBL Flip five. The Mini has become unreliable by not 130 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: responding to touch or voice command for Siri. 131 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 2: That's weird. 132 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: We're trying to return the unit, but Apple insists it's 133 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: inspected by their Genius bar. First, I previously purchased the 134 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: JBL Flip five speaker for our sun It has rechargeable batteries, 135 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: it's completely portable, the volume is better. Let's see on 136 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: circles around the Apple home Pod Mini, all for the 137 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: same price. 138 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 2: Okay. 139 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: Also, the Wise products are starting out to be a 140 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: bust too. If you want further details, let me know. 141 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: The cameras and sensors keep going offline. The batteries don't last. 142 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: When I replace the batteries, the sensors and motion sensors 143 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: still state the batteries need replacement. I can't trust Wise 144 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: as a security product because of these issues. Jim in 145 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: Orange County, Well, Jim, uh yeah, Well look, I mean 146 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: here's the deal. 147 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: And I say this over and over. 148 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: Just because I say to get something does not mean 149 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: that it is the end all. 150 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: You just go out and run out and buy it. 151 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: Like I am just one opinion in a sea of 152 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: many opinions, and with the Internet, there are so many 153 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: opinions out there. So my opinion is that the old 154 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,679 Speaker 1: Apple HomePod Mini is amazing, and I still think it's amazing, 155 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, are there things that can be improved, of course, 156 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: like any first generation product or any product in general, 157 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: but for the ninety nine dollars that I you see 158 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: this thing as I think it's amazing as an iPhone companion. 159 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: And yes, the JBL Flip five is a totally different product. 160 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: That's a wireless, portable Bluetooth speaker. So that's that's something 161 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: that's totally different than what the HomePod Mini is. The 162 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: HomePod Mini is, you know, a smart home device. It 163 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: connects you to the Apple ecosystem. It sounds good for 164 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: the size. Yes, you have to keep it plugged into 165 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: the wall, but that's what it is. It's a it's 166 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: part of a you can group them, which I don't 167 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: believe you could do with the Flip five. So you know, 168 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: the reality is if it didn't work out for you, 169 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: I'm totally fine with that. Like clearly I'm O for 170 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: two with my recommendations for you, but it doesn't mean 171 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: that they are bad recommendations. I've gotten many emails from 172 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: people saying how impressed they are with the HomePod Mini. 173 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: I personally still think it's amazing. I've bought them for 174 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: my sister. She thinks it's amazing. The wisecam I mean, 175 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: I haven't gotten a lot of negative feedback about the Wyscam. 176 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: In fact, I would say ninety nine percent of tech 177 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: reviewers love the wise products, myself included. And so you know, 178 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: specifically with the outdoor cam, yes, the battery does run down. 179 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: It could run down very fast depending on how often 180 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: it's being activated. Now, I will tell you that I 181 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: have been testing a device from Wasserman It's called or 182 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 1: sorry Wasserstein Wasserstein Home and this has been amazing for 183 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: the wise Cam outdoor. It is fantastic. I'm trying to 184 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: get it into a segment on KTLA, but it's just 185 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: one of these things where I can't do a full 186 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: segment on this thing. But it's really cool and I 187 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: love it, so I just have to, you know, work 188 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: it into like a roundup or something. But I will 189 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: be featuring it because I just think it really extends 190 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: the use of this outdoor camera. And it's the Wasserstein 191 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: solar panel and you plug it into the Wisecam outdoor 192 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: and you put it in a sunny spot and boom, 193 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: you never have to charge your wys cam ever. Again, 194 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: I've been using this now for probably a month and 195 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: I have not had to charge my camera at all. 196 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: And I will tell you right now, my backyard camera 197 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: is at one hundred percent and it's been there for month, 198 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: for a month now, and so I really really like 199 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: this thing. I think for thirty six ninety nine, normally 200 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: forty five. It's on sale right now. Apparently it is 201 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: just one of those things that is like a no brainer. 202 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: And if you look around your neighborhood, this is not 203 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: a new idea. You see a lot of these things. 204 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Like it's basically a flat panel that you aim on 205 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: your roof towards the sky. It has it must have 206 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: some sort of battery inside, because when I first got it, 207 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: it didn't work. I told the company, I said, this 208 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 1: thing doesn't even work, and they said, well, you have 209 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: to keep it out in the sun for ten hours 210 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: charge your Okay, So you keep it out in the 211 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: sun for ten hours without plugging it into the camera, 212 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: then you charge your camera fully to one hundred percent, 213 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: and then you plug it in, You keep it in 214 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: the sun, and boom, your camera will stay one hundred percent. 215 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: At least that's been my experience. I'll link this up 216 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 2: in the. 217 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: Notes, but I got to say that really changed the 218 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: game for me with this wisecamout door and So, Jim, 219 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: as much as I know you don't trust wise, I 220 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: think they are a fantastic products. The thing that I've 221 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: gotten the feedback on the most has been the shipping 222 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: and kind of like people ordering things and it's taken 223 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: a while to get But other than that, I mean, 224 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: the actual cameras are are pretty phenomenal for the price 225 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: that these things charge. So Jim, thanks for the feedback. 226 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: I always welcome feedback, good or bad, and believe me, 227 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: I get a lot of it. And you know, it's 228 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: it's it's all good, all right. So everyone is going 229 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: wild over these things called NFTs, and it's just it's 230 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: such like it's one of these things where it's so 231 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: weird how you see something once and all of a sudden, 232 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: it's just like a flood. It's like it arrives. Like 233 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: everything is now referencing an NFT on the internet. 234 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 2: So what is an NFT. I broke it down. 235 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: I talked to someone that's an expert and I, you know, 236 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: try to explain this on KTLA in my segment and 237 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: it's really tough because I don't even really understand it. 238 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: But the reality is NFT stands for non fungible Token 239 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: and if you want to think of these in this 240 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: simplest terms, it's basically a collectible like a beanie baby 241 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: or a baseball card, but it only exists online. And 242 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: so a lot of these things that people have been 243 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: selling have been, you know, a piece of digital art 244 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: or you can do anything as an NFT anything like 245 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: and it doesn't have to be digital. But for the 246 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: terms of me explaining this, I will keep it digital. 247 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: But theoretically you could extend it to something that's physical 248 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: as well. But let's say you have the Mona Lisa. 249 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: There are many Mona Lisa paintings or recreations around the world, 250 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, copies, but there's only one. So that one 251 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: Mona Lisa is is a collectible. It's a valuable item 252 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: that is non fungible. Right, you can't make another one 253 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: of them, but a copy if you put on a 254 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: T shirt that's fungible, it's like, you know, you can 255 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: make a million of them. So that's kind of the 256 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: base thing, is that there can only be one and 257 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: then one. Once you have this one thing, you sell 258 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: it and it's it's a token and it's part of 259 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: the blockchain, and so you say this is a sign 260 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: to you, and so it really comes down to scarcity. 261 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: So a couple examples. I gave a rare original arcade game, 262 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: you know, like an arcade console is non fungible, you 263 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: can't make another one. So when I buy that, it's 264 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: valuable because it's like a pac Man original in my 265 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: house right. A gaming chip from a casino non fungible. 266 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: That's let's say the casino is gone, like it's imploded 267 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: or whatever. You know, that's non fungible because it's a 268 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: collector's item. A twenty dollars bill, Now this is interesting. 269 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: A twenty dollars bill is fungible and non fungible. So 270 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: it's fungible because if I lent you twenty dollars and 271 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: you paid me back, I wouldn't I wouldn't expect to 272 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: get the same exact twenty dollars bill back that I 273 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: gave you, So that means it's fungible. But let's say 274 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: I did expect it back, because every twenty dollars bill 275 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: has a serial number on it that's non fungible. Like 276 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: if I was like, no, you got to give me 277 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: the exact same twenty back in a week, which nobody 278 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: would ever say that would be non fungible. So if 279 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: you understand the difference between fungible and non fungible, you 280 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: sort of understand NFTs. 281 00:13:59,640 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: Now. 282 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: People have been spending a lot of money on these NFTs. 283 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: That's because you buy them with cryptocurrency, and a lot 284 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: of people have these big cryptocurrency balances because that's gone up. 285 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 1: Open c is one of the big online marketplaces for NFTs, 286 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: and you know, some people are using them as an investment. 287 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: Some people are using them as like, oh, this is 288 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: really cool, like the Kings of Leon, you know, put 289 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: an album out as an NFT. 290 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: You buy it, it's yours, and you know you love. 291 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: It because it's a collectible and it's like the first 292 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: time they've done it, and it's really cool to you. 293 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: But other people are just speculating. Let's see the other 294 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: thing to know about NFTs, And this is what I 295 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: thought was the most interesting part of n fts compared 296 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: to say a let's say you bought a one of 297 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: a kind painting in real life from someone, right, Well, 298 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: when you go to sell that, you have to have 299 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: some sort of leather letter of authenticity or you know, 300 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: an auction house would verify that that's a unique item. 301 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: But with NFTs, what's really interesting is that they are 302 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: ownership and authenticity is public and provable thanks to the blockchain. 303 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: And that's the same blockchain that powers cryptocurrency. It's the 304 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: same idea that cryptocurrency is all. You know, it's all verifiable, right, 305 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: Like what you own is verified by Math. 306 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: It doesn't. 307 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: You don't have to go to Chase Bank and say, hey, 308 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: do I have a one hundred dollars in cryptocurrency? No, 309 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: like anyone can verify through Math that you own that 310 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: money and it's yours and you can transfer it to 311 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: someone else. Same thing with NFTs. So I don't know 312 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: if I'm doing a good job of explaining this. Hopefully 313 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: it makes a little sense and you get a little 314 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: idea of what people are going wild over. But the 315 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: easiest way to think about it is it's just something 316 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: that exists in digital form and you buy it with bitcoin, 317 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: and it's a collector's item and it's one of a kind, 318 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: and even though it could be replicated, you the original 319 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: is verifiable thanks to that blockchain technology. 320 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 2: So there you have it. 321 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Richard, good morning. Have you ever reviewed the photostick mobile 322 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: or Infinite Cloud, which is a better bite, do you 323 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: recommend something else? Just want to copy photos to free 324 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: up space, to take up more or to take more? 325 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: Thanks in Advanced Richard sent for my iPhone. 326 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: Okay, so, if. 327 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: You've listened to this podcast for a while, I've gotten 328 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: this question over and over and over, and I got 329 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: to hand it to Photostick Mobile and Infinity Cloud. You 330 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: really have done a good job of marketing your products. 331 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: But when I go to your websites, that's when the 332 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: party is over, because these websites are something that I 333 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: would not really purchase from because they are you know. Actually, 334 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Infinity Cloud one and you know this, 335 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't look as scammy as I thought. So, but 336 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: here's the thing, Ah, this is kind of weird. It 337 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: only has four hundred and twenty seven ratings on their app. 338 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 2: That's kind of weird. That's not very much. Hmm. 339 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: Well, at any rate, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to 340 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: order one of these things and I'm gonna have to 341 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: see exactly how they work because I keep poopooing them 342 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: and I shouldn't poopoo them as much. I should really 343 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: see how they work and really try it for myself. 344 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: So with that said, generally, I don't recommend these because 345 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: you know this, this Infinity cloud actually doesn't look that bad, 346 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: but I have I need to test it out. But 347 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: the thing that I have tested and I do recommend 348 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: is the sand Disc I expand sand Disc I x 349 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: P A N D and you plug this little flask 350 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: drive into your iPhone, you download this software. 351 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 2: It's got an app. 352 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 1: It'll even prompt you to download the software and boom, 353 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: all your photos are backed up and videos to this 354 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: little flask drive and then you can erase them off 355 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: your phone and have more more storage. 356 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 2: Now, I would not. 357 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: Recommend doing that unless you have these also in a 358 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: different place, because if you ever lost this flash drive, boom, 359 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: all your pictures are gone, so you need to also 360 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: back them up. I would recommend something like Google Photos 361 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: or Amazon Photos, whatever you want, get them somewhere else 362 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: and get them backed up. It's getting tougher and tougher 363 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: to find free cloud storage these days, so you know 364 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: that's the main trick here is that everyone's starting to 365 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: kind of turn that little clamp. 366 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 2: A little bit tighter. Right, It's like a little vice 367 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 2: gript It's like we're gonna squeeze just a little bit 368 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 2: of money out of you to store your photos. 369 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: Before it was all free and amazing Google Google Photos, 370 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: you still get fifteen gigs of storage. On iCloud you 371 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: get five gigs, which most people power through in about 372 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: one backup. And then on Amazon Photos if you're a 373 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: Prime member, you get unlimited storage for your photos, but 374 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: they only give you five. I think it's five gigs 375 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: of storage for your videos, which doesn't really get you 376 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: very far. And I like the idea of one of 377 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: these little drives to you know, offload some pictures, but honestly, 378 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: like I think it's just better in the cloud, Like 379 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: why go through this whole process of of putting it 380 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: on this thing that can like break or get lost 381 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: or stolen or anything, when you know, put it in 382 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: the cloud and you have a much better chance of 383 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: it of it lasting because you know, the cloud is 384 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: the cloud. 385 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: So that's my advice. 386 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: I will try to get one of these things, either 387 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: one or both in the Photostick Mobile or the Infinity 388 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: Cloud to really test them out and see maybe they're 389 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: not so bad. But again, I think the cloud is 390 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: a better place to do this. I know it costs 391 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: a little bit more, but I just think it's a 392 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: more secure way of doing it. 393 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 2: Anyway. 394 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: But if you want to go with one of these things, 395 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: I would say in the meantime, check out the sand 396 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: disc I expand all right, I was just in Santa 397 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: Barbara yesterday. 398 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 2: My my, my. 399 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: What a beautiful place. What a beautiful place, and it 400 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,959 Speaker 1: was raining a little bit. I got this delicious pizza 401 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: that I always get when I'm there from this place 402 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: called Lucky Penny. If you want to see it, check 403 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: out my Instagram at rich On Tech. Don't do it 404 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: if you're hungry, because you will want to get this pizza. 405 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 2: It's so so delicious. 406 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: But anyway I say this, I was up there for 407 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: an unrelated shoot yesterday. But Sonos is headquartered in Santa Barbara, 408 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: and they came out with a brand new product called 409 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: the Sons Rome and this is their Bluetooth speaker that's 410 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: totally portable. And what I love about this speaker, even 411 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: though I've not tested it yet, is that it is 412 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: a Bluetooth speaker, which is portable, but it also links 413 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: into your Sons system at home. So this is a 414 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: really cool speaker that you can keep on your desk 415 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: in your office or in your kids room, and then 416 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: when you head out to the beach or on a vacation, 417 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: you can take this Sonos Rome. So I'll definitely be 418 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,959 Speaker 1: getting this speaker. It's one hundred and sixty nine dollars. 419 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 1: It's April twentieth when it's available, and I got to say, 420 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: even though I haven't tested it, I have very high 421 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: hopes because I bought the sons Move during the pandemic 422 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: and this is kind of their big, big portable speaker 423 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: and it does the same thing pretty much as the Rome, 424 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: except it's bigger, so it has Bluetooth, also connects to 425 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: your speakers. It comes with the wireless charging DOC or actually, yeah, 426 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: I guess it is wireless. I mean you plug it in, 427 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: but it's a DOC and I love it. I love, love, 428 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: love the Move. Every time we're outside in the patio, 429 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: you know, with friends, family, whatever. I mean, you know, 430 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: far and few between these days, but you know, during 431 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: the pandemic, just hanging out outside in the backyard, which 432 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: we did a lot, we would just take out the 433 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: Move and it was so amazing because I used to 434 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: have a Sonos plugged in in the backyard and of 435 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: course when it rained, I'd remember to like bring it inside. 436 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: The speaker got all beat up because it's just being outside. 437 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: But the move it's like, oh brilliant. You just bring 438 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: it outside when you need it, and you move it 439 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: back inside when you don't. 440 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 2: Oh. 441 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: Yes, that's why it's called the move anyway. So that's 442 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 1: four hundred dollars. But this Sono's Rome is kind of 443 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: the same thing for one hundred and sixty nine. 444 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 2: And yes, this is expensive. 445 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: As far as Bluetooth speakers go, but if you have 446 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: a Sonos system at home, it is well worth it. 447 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: And clearly you're spending a little bit more than the 448 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: average bear on your speakers at home anyway, if you 449 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: have a Sonos and so this is going to be 450 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: a price point that. 451 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 2: Is pretty good. 452 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: Let's see what features does this have. It's got a 453 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: feature called Soundswap, where you can press and play uh 454 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: hold the play pause button on the speaker to switch 455 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: the music to the nearest speaker on your Sonos system, 456 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: making it easy to move music from room to room. 457 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: That's kind of kind of cool. It also has unlock. 458 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 1: It unlocks Bluetooth streaming for your whole system, so if 459 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: you're streaming Bluetooth to this Move or the Rome rather, 460 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: then you can expand that exact same Bluetooth stream to 461 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: all of your speakers, something I don't think has been 462 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: available yet on Maybe I could do that with the Move. 463 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, I've never tried it. To me, I 464 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 1: would just use airplay anyway. But you know if you're 465 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: using Bluetooth that you know it's good for Android as well. 466 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: Uh you know you know that Sonos works with over 467 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: one hundred streaming services. I call them the Switzerland of 468 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: streaming because it just works with everything on mine. I've 469 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: got like Apple Music linked up, I've got iHeartRadio linked up. 470 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: I've got Serious XM linked up, I've got YouTube music 471 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: link up. I think that's it and I just love it. 472 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: I can't say enough for for Sonos. It's IP sixty 473 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: seven resistant, so dust and waterproof, which is really cool 474 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: for bringing it to the beach if you live near 475 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: one of those, or camping or whatever. Now here's how 476 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: it charges. It has a custom magnetic wireless charger from 477 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: Sonos that is sold separately. So that to me means well, 478 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: this could have been two hundred dollars if they kept 479 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: it in the box. But they make you purchase that later. 480 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: But it works with any Chi wireless charger, and then 481 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: also it has a USBC cable in the box. Would 482 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: have been nice if they had this on a you know, 483 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: if the magnetic wireless charger came with it. 484 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 2: But I get it. 485 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: They wanted that price point, and not everyone wants the 486 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: wireless charging anyway, so you know, they figured make the 487 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: price a little bit more appealing and you know, leave 488 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: some things out of the box again. April twentieth, one 489 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty nine dollars the sons Roam. If you 490 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: have a Sonos system and you know you're eyeing that move. 491 00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 2: But it was just a little bit too pricey. 492 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: I think the rom is gonna be a really, really 493 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: exciting addition to the sound system. 494 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 2: Are right? 495 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: Next question? Paul says, Hey, Rich, please help. With all 496 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: the technology out there, I still can't figure out how 497 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: to send a video that's more than five seconds long 498 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: in a text. I have the one plus seventy Android. 499 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: Are there any ways to send a video that's longer 500 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: than a few seconds in a text? I'm familiar with dropbox, 501 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: but I'd rather insert it in a text. Are there 502 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: any androids out there that will do that. Thank you, Rich. 503 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: I love your segments. Every morning, Paul sent outlook for Android. 504 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 2: Paul. 505 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: Here's the thing, SMS and video does not mix. So 506 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: when standard texting was invented, it just didn't have the 507 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: idea of sending a video through that little tiny pipeline. 508 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: And so, yes, you can send a video through text, 509 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: but it's gonna look like horrible garbage on the other side. 510 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: And I remember my mom sent me a text with 511 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: some video of snow that happened in her backyard, and 512 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: it was just so sad watching it. 513 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 2: Because she's on an Android. 514 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: I get her a Google Pixel every maybe every other year, 515 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: and she loves it. She doesn't want to switch to iPhone, 516 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: so I keep her on the Pixel and she really 517 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: enjoys it and she loves her pictures. And it's simple 518 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: and it works. I can lock down the home screen. 519 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: She you know, she doesn't use a lot of apps. 520 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: But you know, she went to send me this video 521 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: a couple years ago and it was just so terrible, 522 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: and I felt I was just so sad because I 523 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: was like, oh, here's my mom. She did this whole 524 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: thing and it just looks like garbled. You know, it's 525 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: so garbled, So Paul, that's what you're experiencing. And you 526 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: know on I message, you know anyone iphoned iPhone videos 527 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: look amazing because guess what Apple is sort of bypassing 528 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: the standard text messaging even though it seems like it's 529 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: a text message, it's going through their proprietary I message system. 530 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: On Android, we have that in a way, but not 531 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: necessarily supported everywhere. So a couple things you do. Number one, 532 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: if you do have if you're on A one plus, 533 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,719 Speaker 1: I think their standard messaging app is Google Messages, so 534 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: I would check to see if you're using that, and 535 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: then it depends on your carrier. I think all of 536 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: them at this point have instituted what's called chat, which 537 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: is RCS. I know it gets a little complicated, but 538 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: basically all the. 539 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 2: Maw do I explain this. 540 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: There is a standard for text messaging, next generation text 541 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: messaging that does support large videos, large files. It's called RCS, 542 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: and you can go into your messenger. I think they 543 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,719 Speaker 1: renamed it chat, and so you can go into your 544 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: Messenger settings and make sure that chat is turned on. 545 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: But that's only for sending it to another person that 546 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: is also using the Google Messages app. And also has 547 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: chat turned on, which means ninety nine percent of the 548 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: time it's probably not gonna work in a beautiful way. 549 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: So where does that leave me? If you can do 550 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: all that, great, The other way to do it is just, honestly, 551 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: you got to get them to download an app to 552 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: send videos, which I would recommend either Facebook, Messenger, or 553 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: you can use something like Telegram, but or WhatsApp. 554 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: I mean, I would. 555 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: Probably just get you know, whoever you're texting this back 556 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: and forth with. I would get them to you know, 557 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: or use you know, something like Instagram. I mean, it's 558 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: just you gotta use something to just, you know, make 559 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: life a little bit easier. The whole chat thing, you know, 560 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: the the rcs and the and the sms, it's just 561 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: it's just too like on it's too unpredictable. 562 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 2: Right. 563 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: The person on the other end may have an iPhone, 564 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: they may have an Android that they're not using the 565 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: same app for, so it's just much easier to just say, hey, 566 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: look like I did with my family, we're all on Telegram. Look, 567 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: let's all just get on Telegram and this is how 568 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: we chat from now on. And it is worked out beautifully. 569 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: It has been amazing and we have this nice long 570 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: chat that goes on forever and all in there my 571 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: whole family. It's amazing and it just works, and we 572 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: send pictures, we send videos, we send texts, we send jokes, 573 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: We chat in the morning and the night, all day, 574 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: and it's just it's brilliant. So, Paul, that's what I'd 575 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: recommend until the world figures out a cross platform way 576 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: of getting iPhones, androids, androids and androids all to talk 577 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 1: beautifully with SMS and send those large files. 578 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 2: Until then, I think an app is your best bet. 579 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: Now, real quick, if you just want to send one file, 580 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: like if this is just a one time thing and 581 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: you just need to send a large file, I would 582 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: just use something like a dropbox or a Google Drive. 583 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: Put it in there, generate a one time link, and 584 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: then send it off that way. One other way you 585 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: can do it is if you're on an Android and 586 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: you're using Google Photos, there's a way to just generate 587 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: a link for a video file. Just generate that link, 588 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: send that link off, and boom, they'll get the nice, 589 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: high quality video file. All right, next story here, I'm 590 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: sure you've noticed that gas prices are right near you, 591 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,239 Speaker 1: So I did a segment where I talked about you know, 592 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: apps to find the best gas prices, and I hope. 593 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 2: I didn't do this last week? Did I? No? 594 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: I didn't, so uh, you know, I looked at gas Buddy, 595 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: which is the most popular one, which it's okay, probably 596 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: the most used, but the one that I actually kind 597 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: of like is called gas Guru. And the reason I 598 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: like this is because if you have an iPhone, you 599 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: can set up a series shortcut to use gas Guru 600 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: to find the cheapest gas near you in seconds. So 601 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: you download this gas Guru app, you scroll all the 602 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: way down and it says add to Siri. You hit 603 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: that button and then you come up with a passphrase 604 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: like a serie shortcut phrase, I use cheap gas. And 605 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: then anytime you say h Siri, cheap gas, boom, this 606 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: app opens up, It shows you the cheapest gas, you navigate, 607 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: and you get on with life. And so I think 608 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: it's really cool. In fact, after you have this app installed, 609 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: every couple of days or every day, I don't know, 610 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: you'll see just like a suggested series shortcut on your 611 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: you know notifications that says, you know, find cheap gas. 612 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: So you tap it and it brings you in there, 613 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: so I really enjoy it. I've just been enjoying watching 614 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: the gas prices go up and up and up, because 615 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: I posted this picture to my Facebook page a couple 616 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: of weeks ago about gas that was four dollars and 617 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: ninety nine cents, and people went nuts, saying. 618 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 2: Rich, how dare you? This is a lie? Gas is 619 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 2: not that expensive? And sure enough gas has slowly but 620 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 2: surely crept up in price. 621 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: And I just keep laughing every time I see gas 622 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: prices getting more and more expensive, because yeah, I'm paying 623 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: them too. But the reality is I knew this was happening. 624 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: I mean, that's why I posted that picture. So gas 625 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: prices in California. You know, It's like, let's see so 626 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: gas buddy. The thing I like about that, Oh I 627 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: deleted already, but the gas guru anyway. So the point is, 628 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: download one of these apps if you want to find 629 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: cheap gas and. 630 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 2: Go for it. All right, let's get to the next question. Rich. 631 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: My wife and I love your reports. They're always destination 632 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: viewing for both of us. 633 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 2: Wow, thank you. 634 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: We do not presently have a password manager app, and 635 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: I wonder if you had a few that you could recommend, 636 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: thank you, and. 637 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 2: Stay safe, Joe. 638 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: I think I talked about this on a previous show, 639 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: but I will be honest. I was up in Santa 640 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: Barbara to get a preview of the password management app 641 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: called Bitwarden, and now a couple of weeks ago when 642 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: I talked on the podcast about how last Pass is 643 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: going to start basically charging if you want the full 644 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: feature set for their password manager on March sixteenth, I believe, 645 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: and so I was talking about alternatives and I mentioned 646 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: things like, you know, you can still continue with last Pass, 647 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: just pay a little bit to get all your features. 648 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 2: I talked about. 649 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: Dash Lane one password, and a lot of people tweeted 650 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: me and said, hey, don't forget about bitwarden Bitwarden Bitwarden, 651 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: which I'd never heard of, and so sure enough I 652 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: looked into it and it has some really great features 653 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: for free. And so if you don't have a password 654 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: manager app and you're looking for something that is going 655 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: to continue to be free. And I just talked to 656 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: the CEO and I said, are you going to charge 657 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: when you know people sign up? He said, no, this 658 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: is We're going to be free. And so there are 659 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: some things you don't get with free but honestly, for 660 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: a majority of people, it's not going to be that 661 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: big of a deal. The one thing that you probably 662 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: that you might want with the free version that you 663 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: don't get is passwords sharing. So if you want to 664 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: be able to share passwords with a you know, a 665 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: family member, you would have to upgrade. And now, by 666 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: the way, upgrading is like ten dollars a year or 667 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: like I think it's forty for the family plan. Whatever 668 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: it is. It's very it's not that expensive. But you 669 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: can totally get by with their free version. I was 670 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: looking at it yesterday. It's it looks great. I mean, 671 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: it really does so Bitwarden, I would recommend Joe. You 672 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: mentioned a password manager app, which I always tell people 673 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: if you're only in the Google ecosystm them, or if 674 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: you're only an Apple, just use the built in Apple. 675 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: It has an iCloud keychain, you can just use that. 676 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: Or if you're on Android and Google it's I think 677 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: they call it smart Password. Let's see what do they 678 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: call They just call it Google Password Manager. So if 679 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: you're on you know, if you use Chrome and use 680 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: an Android, just use Google Password Manager and that can 681 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: store all your stuff for free, and it's it's super easy, 682 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: and it's you know, as long as you have a 683 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: good password on your Google account, then you have a 684 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,719 Speaker 1: good you know, password manager there. But I would use 685 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: one of these third party services like a bit warden, 686 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: a dash lane or last pass or a one password. 687 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: If you use various devices like a Mac computer and 688 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: an Android phone, or an Android phone and a PC. 689 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: You know, that way you can store these things across 690 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: all your devices. And that's the functionality that last Pass 691 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: used to have. But they are going to start charging 692 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: for you have to choose do you want your passwords 693 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,479 Speaker 1: available on just mobile devices or on just you know, 694 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: you have to choose one type of device, which is 695 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: gonna be tough for a lot of people, because the 696 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: average person is creating a password on their phone or 697 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: their desktop and then using it on their phone or 698 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: desktop like swapping vice versa. Right, And so that's the 699 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 1: functionality they identified that would make it, you know, push 700 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: people to upgrade. Good question, Joe, thanks a lot, all right, 701 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: Speaking of passwords, Netflix is beginning to crack down on 702 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: passwords sharing outside your household. The streamable dot com with 703 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 1: a big, big story here. They really, they really blew 704 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: the lid off of this one. Netflix subscribers are starting 705 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: to see a screen that says, if you don't live 706 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,399 Speaker 1: with the owner of this account, you need your own 707 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: account to keep watching, and then in order to continue, 708 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: you have to verify the account with an email or 709 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 1: text code or create a new account with a thirty 710 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: day free trial. Now, if you're friends with the person 711 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: that you are sharing your password with, I mean theoretically, 712 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: you know you would, you would call them up and say, hey, 713 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: I just got a one time password, can you share 714 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: that with me? But Netflix knows that that's going to 715 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: be just annoying enough to push a percentage of people 716 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: into getting their own accounts, because let's be honest, if 717 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: your friends and family are on your account, they're streaming 718 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: at all different times and places, and it may not 719 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,240 Speaker 1: be convenient to call you up and get that code 720 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: from you every single time. Plus it's gonna get annoying. So, 721 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: you know, depending on how many times Netflix pushes this 722 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: out there, you know, is it every time they log 723 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: in and here's how they're doing this, you know, or 724 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: we don't know actually how they're doing it. I'm sure 725 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: they're using some algorithm to figure this out. But the 726 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: easiest would be that I'm in California and let's say 727 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: I share my password theoretically with a family member that 728 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: lives in New Jersey, and so Netflix goes, Okay, we 729 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: see that you're logging in from California, and then we 730 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: just saw this log in from New Jersey from a 731 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: different device. 732 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 2: Hmm, We're gonna give that person New. 733 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,479 Speaker 1: Jersey a little prompt that says, hey, you gotta aren't paying, 734 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: or you know, get your own password, or get this 735 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: one time thing. That's pretty easy. Now, you might say, well, rich, 736 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: I travel all the time. How are they gonna know 737 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: if I'm traveling again? This is why they use an 738 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: algorithm to kind of figure things out. They notice that 739 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: your iPad primarily checks Netflix in California, but then all 740 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: of a sudden it travels to Colorado and their algorithm 741 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,399 Speaker 1: allows for that. Or they give you that one time 742 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: code and you get it to your phone and your 743 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: phone's right nearby and you pop it in and says. 744 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 2: Okay, just making sure. So they're gonna do this. 745 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: You know, this is a test, and they're gonna try 746 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: this in various ways. But the reality is it's coming. 747 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: It's been a long time coming. Netflix has been very 748 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: generous with password sharing, and clearly they've gotten to that 749 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: point again that little vice gript where they're just just turning. 750 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 2: It a little bit, a little bit, just squeeze a little. 751 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,240 Speaker 1: Bit, and look, we're gonna see this as a theme 752 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: over and over with these companies. They have been very 753 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: generous in sharing and letting people do this as they grow. 754 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: But as these companies get bigger and they say, look, 755 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: you know what, you know, it used to be novel 756 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: that you had a Netflix account, but now it's not 757 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: so novel, Like this is pretty much the way of 758 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: the future. 759 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 2: And so it was nice that you share it with. 760 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: Your mom and your grandma and your sister and your 761 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 1: you know, your cousin and also your roommate from college. 762 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 2: But at this point they got. 763 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: To pay, Like it's maybe they were watching it for 764 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 1: Queen's Gambit at one point, or like one show that 765 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: was popular, and you know, now it's like there, this 766 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: is an entirety of their streaming consumption, and so yeah, 767 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,239 Speaker 1: they can pay the eight ninety nine to get their 768 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: own their own account, or the thirteen ninety nine or 769 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: in my case, seventeen ninety nine premium plan that I 770 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: pay for which gets you four K, so which I 771 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: probably don't need. But anyway, be aware if you see 772 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: it right now. According to the streamable, it's only seeing 773 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: the people are only seeing the test on TV devices, 774 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: so that could be part of it. But anyway, just 775 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: something to know and something to be aware of it. 776 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: Jerry writes in Hey, Rich, you discussed fall detection on 777 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: the last podcast. I purchased the Apple Watch with this 778 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: feature immediately when it became available in twenty seventeen. My 779 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,360 Speaker 1: wife suffers from extreme tonightis and one of the effects 780 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: of this is dizziness. The bouts of this can come 781 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: on quickly without any warning. At times, the dizziness is 782 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: so bad she just to hold on to a poll 783 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 1: or table to keep from falling O. The feature has 784 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: interceded two times after my wife fell while walking the neighborhood. 785 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: One time she was unconscious, the other time she was 786 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 1: severely dazed. Thankfully, a neighbor came out and saw my 787 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: wife both times after not receiving a response from her. 788 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: The neighbor is an Apple Watch is an Apple user 789 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 1: and realized what was occurring and let the watch complete 790 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: its task. It contacted our local nine one one and 791 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 1: they dispatched rescue squad to her location. It also contacted 792 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: me with a text message. This occurred within seven minutes 793 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 1: of her fall, and the EMTs were on scene within 794 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,239 Speaker 1: fifteen Amazing. The app you discussed it was the best 795 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: by app seems to add a couple of layers to 796 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,640 Speaker 1: this process, which I feel would delay the responses. Plus, 797 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,839 Speaker 1: why pay for something that came with the investment you've 798 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,240 Speaker 1: already made for Apple devices. You are correct, besides crash 799 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,280 Speaker 1: detection with Google Pixel, I am a longtime pixel slash 800 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,920 Speaker 1: Nexus user. We need fall detection of the caliber that 801 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:32,880 Speaker 1: Apple offers. Have a great day, Stay safe, Jerry. Yeah, Jerry, Well, 802 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: I hate to hear that your wife suffers from this, 803 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: but I'm glad she's okay, And it is scary that 804 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 1: that happens. 805 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 2: If you didn't listen to the podcast. 806 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,840 Speaker 1: What Jerry's referring to is I was on a run 807 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,920 Speaker 1: and I tripped, and it was basically one of those 808 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,560 Speaker 1: trips that if I landed on the ground, it would 809 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 1: have been bad, and yeah, the Apple Watch hopefully would 810 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: have sprung into action. I was with my son and 811 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,399 Speaker 1: he was referring to the fact that I was talking 812 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: about this best spy app they have now called Lively 813 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:08,919 Speaker 1: that taps into the API, the API that Apple Watch 814 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 1: has written for other companies to allow them to take 815 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: advantage of the fault detection as well. I was not 816 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: aware that Apple had done that, which is great, and 817 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: so Jerry, I agree. I think that it does add 818 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 1: a different layer to things, and I would agree with that. 819 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 2: But at the same time, I. 820 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 1: Still think it's good to have options, and I'm sure 821 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: that that Best Buy solution, you know, even though they're 822 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,840 Speaker 1: doing a thing where I guess they use an agent 823 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: to contact you first to make sure you're okay. Maybe 824 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 1: there's an option inside the app to go directly to 825 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 1: nine will one. 826 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. 827 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 1: I haven't tested that app, so I don't really know. 828 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: It's brand new, but I agree. I mean, time is 829 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 1: of the essence in these situations. So yeah, having that 830 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: Apple Watch native support is probably the best. But I 831 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,440 Speaker 1: would assume that these companies are pretty smart and they 832 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: think about that and they say, you know, maybe they're 833 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: calling someone I don't know. I mean, I think I 834 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: see both sides of this. I think it's good to 835 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,600 Speaker 1: have options, and you know who knows, maybe someone will 836 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,799 Speaker 1: come up with a smarter way than what Apple does, 837 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,359 Speaker 1: and you know, maybe we'll come up with the way 838 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: where you you know, as soon as you start a workout, 839 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 1: it's kind of like on guard and it's like, okay, 840 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: if we if we notice a fall, we're going to 841 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 1: contact immediately. 842 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,240 Speaker 2: We're not even gonna wait that sixty seconds. 843 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 1: So I don't know, but I think that it's good 844 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,239 Speaker 1: to have options. I think it's good that we have 845 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 1: systems like this, and I think they're only going to 846 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,479 Speaker 1: get better. I mean, like you said, it first became 847 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,600 Speaker 1: available in twenty seventeen, which sounds like a long time. 848 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: At this point, it's four years. I can't believe it's 849 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: been that long. But people are still learning about it. 850 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,359 Speaker 1: And with the crash detection on the Google Pixel, you know, 851 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: it's something that not everyone knows. And I called for 852 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,840 Speaker 1: Samsung to do something similar on their phone, and I 853 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,560 Speaker 1: call for Fitbit to do something similar on their watches. 854 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,840 Speaker 1: So we need more and more of this stuff, and 855 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,959 Speaker 1: I think it's going to happen more, more and more. 856 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,520 Speaker 1: But again, in some aspects, we're very much just at 857 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: the beginning of all of this, and so I love 858 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,880 Speaker 1: that we have these options. I think Best Buy is 859 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 1: just one more option to have. And I'm glad that 860 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: this has come into handy with your wife twice. 861 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 2: I hope it. 862 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: Doesn't have to work again, but sounds like it's an 863 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:17,080 Speaker 1: ongoing thing, and it's good that she has this Apple 864 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 1: Watch and in your case, it's a great thing, and 865 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: you know anyway, so I'm glad that you like the idea. 866 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,239 Speaker 1: I'm glad you like the Apple Watch if it's working 867 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 1: for you to stick with it. But again, I like 868 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,520 Speaker 1: the idea that we have more options for people, and 869 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 1: I hope that the options are even more generous in 870 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: the future. And just we get we see more and 871 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,680 Speaker 1: more of these and no matter what you're using, whether 872 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: you're just carrying a phone or a watch, or even 873 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,440 Speaker 1: in cars, we're seeing. 874 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,080 Speaker 2: More crash detection. 875 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,840 Speaker 1: So it's a really good thing that tet technology is 876 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: enabling this stuff. All right, let's talk about Twitter. This 877 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 1: is kind of a small story, but it's interesting and Twitter. 878 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,000 Speaker 1: The number one complaint I see on Twitter is you know, 879 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,799 Speaker 1: the tech folks talk about Twitter compression and even on Instagram, 880 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,520 Speaker 1: same thing. It's like, ah, compressed my video, It compressed 881 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,600 Speaker 1: my picture and it looks like garbage. And so often 882 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,840 Speaker 1: tech reviewers are sharing pictures from new phones and stuff, 883 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: new cameras on there, and you just can't get an 884 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 1: idea of how good it is. Because Twitter takes your 885 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 1: image and it compresses it down so that it's cheap 886 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,319 Speaker 1: for them to store it and it's less expensive to 887 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,680 Speaker 1: send out, and you know, they can send it out quicker. 888 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,000 Speaker 1: Maybe they keep the original somewhere I don't know, probably, 889 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 1: but when they're serving it up to you on Twitter 890 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,759 Speaker 1: on your timeline, they're not serving up a high quality, 891 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: high resolution picture because you know, that's cost too much 892 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,799 Speaker 1: money over and over to send it out to so 893 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,799 Speaker 1: many people. So Twitter for iOS is testing a new 894 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,359 Speaker 1: design and four K support. This is according to nine 895 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:53,240 Speaker 1: to five MAC. 896 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:54,240 Speaker 2: So two things. 897 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: Number one, when you look at pictures in the timeline, 898 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,480 Speaker 1: they're no longer going to crop them. 899 00:43:59,520 --> 00:43:59,680 Speaker 2: Now. 900 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:04,240 Speaker 1: There was some controversy about how Twitter was applying cropping 901 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,200 Speaker 1: to pictures and apparently their computers were not doing the 902 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,440 Speaker 1: best job at that, and now they're going to show 903 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,680 Speaker 1: the entire image and so now that's going to be 904 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,879 Speaker 1: the number one change. The other change is that they're 905 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,600 Speaker 1: testing four K image uploads, which means when you look 906 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,000 Speaker 1: at these pictures, they're going to have a better resolution 907 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,279 Speaker 1: than ever before, which means you know, if you're looking 908 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: at details on things, you can zoom in and see them. 909 00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 1: So when you're sharing pictures on Twitter, you should be 910 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,840 Speaker 1: aware of this because you know, often when we share pictures, 911 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,320 Speaker 1: there could be some personal information lurking in those pictures 912 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,759 Speaker 1: if you zoomed in, and so just be aware that, yeah, 913 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,800 Speaker 1: people might be able to see more in your pictures 914 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,480 Speaker 1: than ever before. And on the flip side, it's a 915 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,680 Speaker 1: cool thing because if you're sharing a beautiful picture of 916 00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,279 Speaker 1: a beach or you know, for me, I would share 917 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,759 Speaker 1: a picture of like a you know, some kind of 918 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,000 Speaker 1: image from a new smartphone, it's cool that you can 919 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,279 Speaker 1: zoom in and see just how clear that image is. 920 00:44:57,920 --> 00:44:59,400 Speaker 1: So if you want, if you're in this test, this 921 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,880 Speaker 1: is on Iowa only, you can go into Twitter settings, 922 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,560 Speaker 1: then in data usage, choose the high quality option. Now 923 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,040 Speaker 1: there is a high quality option already in those Twitter settings, 924 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,160 Speaker 1: but unless you specifically see the word four K, you're 925 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,000 Speaker 1: not part of that test. You can you can always 926 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,040 Speaker 1: choose between high quality and kind of basic, but now 927 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,400 Speaker 1: it will specifically say four K. If you see that 928 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,240 Speaker 1: in your settings, then you are part of the test 929 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,560 Speaker 1: and you'll see four K images, which I think is 930 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,520 Speaker 1: really cool. The other thing is that this is only 931 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 1: images right now, nothing about video. So maybe four K 932 00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,399 Speaker 1: video will come along in the future, but right now, 933 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:38,240 Speaker 1: this is just for images. And another note, how wild 934 00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,520 Speaker 1: is it that we've come so long with Twitter? I 935 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 1: remember the days when Twitter did not even support images. 936 00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: Used to use a service, a third party service to 937 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,960 Speaker 1: upload your picture. It was like called twit pick or 938 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,800 Speaker 1: all these other ones where you'd actually upload your picture 939 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: there and then you would send out a link to 940 00:45:55,200 --> 00:46:06,040 Speaker 1: that picture on Twitter. And so we've come a long way. 941 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:04,359 Speaker 2: All right? 942 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:08,759 Speaker 1: Next question from Let's see car Let's see who is 943 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:16,040 Speaker 1: this from? This is from Carol uh Dear Rich. Is 944 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,480 Speaker 1: this just a come on to get us to give 945 00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:22,840 Speaker 1: Google information? Or has someone really compromised my passwords? I 946 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,319 Speaker 1: change them constantly for this reason, and I do not 947 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,680 Speaker 1: trust the people at Google to give them any access 948 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: to any of my passwords. Have you seen this before 949 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,120 Speaker 1: and what would you do about it? I'm a seventy 950 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,800 Speaker 1: eight year old grandma. I'm a target for scam. Sorry 951 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,080 Speaker 1: to bother you. But I thought maybe others might have 952 00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,400 Speaker 1: gotten this email as well. I would appreciate any help. Sincerely, 953 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:47,280 Speaker 1: Carol in Chesterfield, Missouri, and she sent along an email 954 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,040 Speaker 1: that says subject take action to secure your compromise passwords. 955 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:52,480 Speaker 2: It says Google has. 956 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:55,000 Speaker 1: Found some of your passwords online. Anyone who finds them 957 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,440 Speaker 1: can access your accounts. Your Google account is still secure. 958 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,200 Speaker 1: This leak came from somewhere else on the web. You 959 00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:05,120 Speaker 1: can secure your saved passwords now using password manager take 960 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: action and smartly. They also give a direct link that 961 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,480 Speaker 1: says you can also go directly to my account Google 962 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:15,279 Speaker 1: dot com slash security check up. And this kind of 963 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 1: goes into what I was speaking about earlier about Google 964 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,319 Speaker 1: storing your passwords. And I'll give you an example of 965 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,360 Speaker 1: this that actually came in handy. 966 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:24,800 Speaker 2: So my mom a couple weeks ago. 967 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,240 Speaker 1: Was like, I can't find my password to my work email. 968 00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,960 Speaker 1: And I said, oh, I bet you. I stored it 969 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:33,600 Speaker 1: in Google Chrome for you because I don't, like I said, 970 00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:35,719 Speaker 1: I don't use a separate password manager for her. Maybe 971 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:37,759 Speaker 1: I didn't say that, but I use I do store 972 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,080 Speaker 1: some of her passwords in Google Chrome, and so I said, 973 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,200 Speaker 1: go into Chrome press the three little dots, then press settings, 974 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:52,399 Speaker 1: then go to autofill and click passwords, and you'll see 975 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:53,040 Speaker 1: a list of. 976 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:54,759 Speaker 2: A whole bunch of accounts. 977 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:57,799 Speaker 1: And she said, oh, yeah, I do see my account there, 978 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,719 Speaker 1: but all I see your little dots. And I said, oh, 979 00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,680 Speaker 1: pressed the little icon that looks like an eye, and 980 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,319 Speaker 1: you will have to type in your password to reveal that. 981 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:12,440 Speaker 1: And once you reveal that, boom, there is your password. 982 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,960 Speaker 1: And I said, press the copy password button and you 983 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,279 Speaker 1: can copy and paste that into the website. She said, Oh, 984 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,160 Speaker 1: my gosh, you're a genius. She said, I didn't even 985 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,239 Speaker 1: know that Google saves my passwords. And you may not 986 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,800 Speaker 1: know this either, but you'll you will notice if you 987 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:32,680 Speaker 1: log into a website and Google sometimes says, hey, would 988 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 1: you like us to save this password? And sometimes it 989 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,840 Speaker 1: happens so fast you might not even notice it. And Carol, 990 00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,279 Speaker 1: that's exactly what happens here. You logged into a website 991 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:45,000 Speaker 1: and that little prompt came up. They said would you 992 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,439 Speaker 1: like us to save your password? And you said yes, 993 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,040 Speaker 1: And now these passwords are stored in Google. On Chrome 994 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:53,160 Speaker 1: or Google, you can go to passwords. I think you 995 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,320 Speaker 1: can go to passwords dot Google dot com to also 996 00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,359 Speaker 1: see them. And what they're doing is they're checking those 997 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,840 Speaker 1: passwords against open databases that they find on the web 998 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:08,839 Speaker 1: with exposed passwords, and if they find one of your 999 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,600 Speaker 1: passwords on there, they're going to send you this alert. 1000 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,799 Speaker 1: So this is not a scam. It's actually real. And 1001 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,040 Speaker 1: in fact, because they found this, I would I would 1002 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: go in and look at those passwords and see which 1003 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:24,000 Speaker 1: ones are compromised and I would change those. So I 1004 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,040 Speaker 1: would go to passwords dot Google dot com and check 1005 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,280 Speaker 1: and see what passwords are. If you go to Google 1006 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,759 Speaker 1: password check up, it will tell you which ones are 1007 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:35,400 Speaker 1: compromised and. 1008 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:41,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, something that you should do. Oops. So anyway, that 1009 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,719 Speaker 2: is not a scam. It's real. It's legit. 1010 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:45,920 Speaker 1: And I know you don't trust Google with your passwords, 1011 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,840 Speaker 1: but honestly, Carol, I would trust them more than a 1012 00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,160 Speaker 1: lot of people with my passwords, better than having them 1013 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,200 Speaker 1: out in the open web, which it sounds like one 1014 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,000 Speaker 1: of your passwords made it there. How does a password 1015 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,600 Speaker 1: make it to the open Web. Well, a site gets compromised, 1016 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,920 Speaker 1: and so what happens is when a site gets hacked, 1017 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,719 Speaker 1: all those passwords from that website in many cases are 1018 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,960 Speaker 1: exposed on the open Web, and what happens is you 1019 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,520 Speaker 1: get those passwords out there and next thing you know, 1020 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:19,359 Speaker 1: these hackers try them on other websites and with your credentials. 1021 00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:21,960 Speaker 1: So you definitely don't want those floating around and you 1022 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,719 Speaker 1: definitely don't want to use a compromised password continually. 1023 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,960 Speaker 2: So change those passwords. And good question. 1024 00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:31,160 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're on the lookout for this kind of stuff. 1025 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:38,799 Speaker 1: And yeah, so there you have it. All right, one 1026 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,440 Speaker 1: more question before we go. Good morning, Rich. I am 1027 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:47,880 Speaker 1: looking for facial recognition technology to support my genealogical research 1028 00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,279 Speaker 1: identifying old photographs, at least allowing me to group photographs 1029 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,560 Speaker 1: of the same person. I heard your interview at Jennifer 1030 00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,960 Speaker 1: Jones Lee on KFI about animating old photographs, and I 1031 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,920 Speaker 1: was wondering if you have any ideas. I've performed several 1032 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,680 Speaker 1: searches and have not found anything at a consumer level 1033 00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:07,839 Speaker 1: that is affordable. Most are for police and security, which 1034 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,239 Speaker 1: does not meet my simple requirements. I am wondering if 1035 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,760 Speaker 1: you have any ideas. Thank you for your time, Carl. Well, Carl, 1036 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,680 Speaker 1: I do have an idea, and it's so simple it's 1037 00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:20,239 Speaker 1: going to be mind boggling and here's the thing. So 1038 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,720 Speaker 1: often we always look for these you know, you probably 1039 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,319 Speaker 1: typed in facial recognition for photographs or something, and it 1040 00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:29,400 Speaker 1: probably came up with all these high end solutions, like 1041 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,160 Speaker 1: you said, for law enforcement or whatever. 1042 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:34,640 Speaker 2: But here's the easiest way to do it. 1043 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,719 Speaker 1: Just toss these photos into Google Photos and boom, let 1044 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:40,920 Speaker 1: it do its thing and it will find all the 1045 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:46,080 Speaker 1: people in those photos with the same faces. So easy, right, 1046 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,359 Speaker 1: And so I love this feature in Google Photos. They 1047 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:54,000 Speaker 1: are the best. Apple also has this feature built into 1048 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:55,320 Speaker 1: their Photos program. 1049 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:55,839 Speaker 2: You can do that. 1050 00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:59,439 Speaker 1: I think Google is pretty good, and I think it's 1051 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,520 Speaker 1: just a little bit easier, and it's free and it's simple, 1052 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,319 Speaker 1: and you can use it on the web. That's what 1053 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,799 Speaker 1: I would do. In fact, I'll let you take it 1054 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,919 Speaker 1: one step further. When I digitized a bunch of old 1055 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,840 Speaker 1: videos from when I was a kid, it will even 1056 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,759 Speaker 1: search for faces inside those videos, which is just seriously, 1057 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:19,080 Speaker 1: seriously cool. So back in the day, you know, you 1058 00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:22,000 Speaker 1: record a home video that was like two hours long, 1059 00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:24,799 Speaker 1: not like today where we take these short clips and 1060 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,960 Speaker 1: Google just goes through and all the faces in that 1061 00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:29,440 Speaker 1: photo in that video are now also logged. So if 1062 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:33,600 Speaker 1: you have you know Uncle Adam a picture of Uncle 1063 00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:37,279 Speaker 1: Adam boom. It will also identify Uncle Adam in the 1064 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,120 Speaker 1: videos that you upload. So I think Google Photos is 1065 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:41,960 Speaker 1: the simplest way to do it. I think it's an 1066 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,600 Speaker 1: amazing way to do it. It's free, it's cheap, well it's 1067 00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:48,279 Speaker 1: free and or cheap depending on how many pictures you have. 1068 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,560 Speaker 1: It's simple, it's easy, it's available, and not much that 1069 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:53,759 Speaker 1: you have to do to figure that out. 1070 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:57,800 Speaker 2: So great, great question there, Carl. Good question to answer 1071 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,080 Speaker 2: to end the show, because guess what that sound means? 1072 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,520 Speaker 2: That is gonna do it for this episode of the show. 1073 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,799 Speaker 1: If you have a question for me to answer, you 1074 00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,640 Speaker 1: can submit it two ways. 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