1 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: Verizon plans get more expensive. Google unveils a new watch 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: and a cheaper pixel, How hackers get your password? Plus 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: your tech questions answered? What's going on on rich Demiro 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: And this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I 5 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: It's also the place where I answer the questions you 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: send me. I'm the tech reporter at KTLA, Channel five 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. Welcome to the show. Hope you are 9 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: having a fantastic day. So clearly today's segment really hit 10 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: a nerve. We talked on KTLA about how to free 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: up storage on your smartphone. Now I think that this 12 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: is less of a problem than it was before, but 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: it's still a pretty big problem. And the number one 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: thing that I see is that people do not back 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: up their pictures. I don't understand why. I mean, I 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: guess I do. It could be complicated, but you just 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: have to. And the main two things that are going 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: on here is that you've got a combination of storage 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: on your phone which is limited, and then you've got 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: storage in the cloud, which costs money. And so people 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: don't want to pay for that storage in the cloud 22 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: because it becomes expensive. But yet they're running out of 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: storage on their phone, and so what they do is 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: they just basically delete stuff and say, I guess I 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: don't need that. You shouldn't do that, there's no need 26 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: to do that. Pay a couple extra bucks a month 27 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: to get the storage online. Pare down your photos or 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: your video you're really it's the videos that take up 29 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: the most storage. So if you're in a place where 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: you're like where I was a couple probably a year ago, 31 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: where I was looking at my Google Drive and I 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: was really close to the next tier where I'd have 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: to pay much more per month, it's really the videos 34 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: that put you over the edge there. So go through 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: and delete the videos. You'd be surprised how many trash 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: videos are on your phone, like stuff that you took 37 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: that you don't really need anymore, or videos that you 38 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: started and then like let's say your kid plays baseball 39 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: like mine, there's a lot of scenarios where you start 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: taking a video because they're up at bat and then 41 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: they stop or they strike out, and you don't really 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: need that video anymore. So just go through and delete 43 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: videos on your phone. The easiest way is really to 44 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: delete some big videos on your phone and iPhone. I 45 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: was a little bit surprised doesn't have a real easy 46 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: way to do that. And so if you want an 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: easy way to delete the big files on your phone, 48 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: there's an app called Gemini Photos, which is really nice 49 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: and it's a couple bucks. It's like three days for free, 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: five dollars a month, twenty dollars a year, or like 51 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: thirty five for lifetime access or actually unlimited access, because 52 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: sometimes they change the program. They come out with Gemini too, 53 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: and then they're like, oh, never mind, that's not included. 54 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: So I would pay like the five dollars to use 55 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: it for a month and you know, there you go. 56 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: You can save it get rid of all the big files. 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: It also helps you get rid of the blurry photos. 58 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: There's also this major confusion about iCloud with the iPhone, 59 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: and the major confusion is that people don't realize that 60 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: when you delete stuff off your phone if you have 61 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: an iPhone using iCloud, they don't realize that when you 62 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: delete a picture off your phone, it also deletes out 63 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: of iCloud. iCloud is not a one way backup, it's 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: a two way sink between your phone and iCloud. So 65 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: anything you do on your phone is reflected in iCloud. 66 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: Now that's the reason why I like Google Photos better 67 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: than iCloud is because it's a one way sink. When 68 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: a picture goes up to iCloud or sorry, when a 69 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: picture goes up to Google Photos, it sticks there. It 70 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: stays there even if I delete it off my phone 71 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: outside of the Google Photos app. So that's a little 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: confusing as well that on my iPhone, I basically have 73 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: two apps on the home screen. I've got Photos and 74 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: I've got Google Photos. And this is the other thing 75 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: that I recommend that you do almost on a daily basis. 76 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: I go through at the end of the day and 77 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: I just go through and delete pictures out of my 78 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: Google Photos. I just it's almost like maintenance. So I'll 79 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: just spend ten to fifteen minutes a day just going 80 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: through my Google Photos and just deleting stuff. And that 81 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: could be old photos. Sometimes you just go in and 82 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: pick a category like fireworks, and I'll just scroll through 83 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: all my old pictures and videos and just just kind 84 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: of clean it up, pare it down a little bit, 85 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: look through receipts, do that, and there's a lot of 86 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: different ways you can just spend time kind of paring 87 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: down your your cloud accounts so that you don't have 88 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: you're not faced with this giant, you know, plethora of 89 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: pictures at some point that you're never going to get through. 90 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: I'm always hoping too, that Google will apply some sort 91 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: of AI to making our photos easier to manage in 92 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: a like, in a cleanup way, and they do. They 93 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: definitely have ways, It's just not one hundred percent one click. 94 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: So anyway, I've got a great article on the website 95 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: rich on tech dot tv about cleaning up your photos 96 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: and freeing up storage because it is a summer and 97 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: you are going to be taking a lot of photos 98 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: and videos, so definitely get that storage cleaned up on 99 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: your phone before or you take a vacation, because you 100 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: don't want it to be when you're on vacation you 101 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: run out of storage. All right, let's get to the 102 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: first big story of the week. Verizon plans are getting 103 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more expensive. This is not a huge 104 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: price increase, but honestly, I'm kind of sick of all 105 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: the price increases. Every single service that I subscribe to 106 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: use do whatever in real life online has gotten expensive 107 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: over the past six months. More expensive. And that's including Netflix, 108 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: which went up by two bucks a month. My alarm 109 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: system went up by a couple bucks a month. Haircuts. 110 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: I brought the kids for haircuts that went up by 111 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: another three dollars for the two of them. You know, 112 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: so three dollars times to another six bucks. What else 113 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: went up? Amazon went up, Amazon Prime went up. So 114 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: basically everything has gone up in price. And if you've 115 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: been to the grocery store, you know that all those 116 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: prices have gone up. So, yeah, inflation is real at 117 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: this point. It is happening, and big companies are saying, 118 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: you know, I feel like there's two things happening. Yeah, 119 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: everything's becoming more expensive. But also I think a lot 120 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: of companies are sort of what I always refer to 121 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: as klingons, where they're like, oh, we notice everyone else 122 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: is raising prices, Let's raise prices too. And a lot 123 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: of this is reality, Like I'm sure it does cost 124 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: Verizon more to do business because everything is costing them more, 125 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: like fuel and labor and all these other things. And 126 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: so now they're adding what's called an economic adjustment charge 127 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: of a dollar thirty five per voice line for consumers. 128 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: If you have a business line it's gonna go up 129 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: by ninety eight cents a month and then two dollars 130 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: and twenty cents per data line. So bottom line for 131 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: the average consumer, you're gonna be paying a couple bucks 132 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: more for your Verizon bill next month. This starts in June, 133 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: and it's just one of those things where it's not 134 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: a huge amount where you're sitting there going, oh, I'm 135 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: gonna cancel Verizon, but it's just enough when you add 136 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: it up to all the other things that prices are 137 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: just going up, and it's just the reality of what's 138 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: happening right now with the econ me. I don't know 139 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: what's causing it precisely, but it's happening in a big way. 140 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: And again I think some of it is is chalked 141 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: up to kind of like higher cost of doing business, 142 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: but other things other people are just like, you know what, 143 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: it's just kind of like the time to raise prices, 144 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: and that definitely seems like what's happening in a big way. 145 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: So just don't be surprised next month and you get 146 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: your Verizon bill, it is going to be higher. Now 147 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: if you're looking to switch. There are a couple of 148 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: companies that I do recommend that I think are pretty good. Now, 149 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: here's the thing. When you have a big unlimited plan 150 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: from Verizon, it gives you everything. So if you're traveling internationally, 151 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: you need that hot spot, you need the international data. 152 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: You have an Apple Watch, you need that. So it 153 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: becomes very intertwined. You've got a couple of kids on 154 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: your plan, you don't really want to change anything. And 155 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: that's where these big companies really make out with millions 156 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: and millions of people overpaying every month for services that 157 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: they just don't need. You know, an unlimited plan is 158 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: a good ninety dollars a month, sixty to ninety a month, 159 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: And do you use all those features? Probably not now 160 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: I do personally, and I can't switch out of one 161 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: of these big all on one plans, but someone like 162 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: my wife definitely. If you look at her Verizon data usage, 163 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: it's literally a gigabyte a month, two gigabytes a month. 164 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: It's a joke. But we're sort of intertwined on this plan, 165 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: so I'm not gonna I thought about switching her off, 166 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: but it's just too much, and it's kind of nice 167 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: to have everyone together. Especially my son has a plan 168 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: as well, so it's just one of these things where 169 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: I got to stick to it. Now, if you are single, 170 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: if you have just two people on your plan, maybe 171 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: no kids, maybe no Apple Watch. Definitely some alternatives to 172 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: look into. Number one Mint Mobile fantastic. I've got a 173 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: family member with it. They pay three hundred bucks for 174 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: the whole year. It's not unlimited data, but it's like 175 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: eight gigs a month and it works just fine. I've 176 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: got a test Mint Mobile plan that it is unlimited 177 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: for thirty dollars a month and it's fantastic. It works great, 178 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: it does what I need. Obviously, it's on a secondary phone, 179 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: so it's not my primary line. But it's been fantastic 180 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: and you only have to think about it once a 181 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: year when you pay that bill. The other one that's 182 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: really good is Visible. Now. The thing about Visible is 183 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: that it's owned by Verizons, so you get Verizon quality network. 184 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: The problem is you're not going to get Verizon quality support, 185 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: and so when you need help, in the case of 186 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: another family member that I have on Visible, help is 187 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: not very good. It's mostly by chat. It's you know, 188 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: you either have to chat or call. I don't even 189 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: know if they offer a phone call, but you know, 190 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: you can't go into a store, which at the end 191 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: of the day, when you're having trouble, the ability to 192 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: go into a store is really nice. So you can't 193 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: do that. But at the end of the day, you 194 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: get an unlimited Verizon plan for twenty for as low 195 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: as twenty five dollars a month. Now it is typically 196 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: forty dollars a month, and they do they do limit 197 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: things like your speed and you know, your hotspot data 198 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, but a lot of people again 199 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: don't need all that stuff. So you can get what's 200 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: called a party plan for twenty five dollars a month. 201 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: And it sounds like you have to join with a 202 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: bunch of people like in your family. You don't. You 203 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: can actually just link up with any random party plan. 204 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: They've got links to these things on Reddit and online 205 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: where you can just find a random Visible party plan, 206 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: and they don't they don't frown against it, like it's fine. 207 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: I'd ask Visible this and they said, yeah, it's fine, 208 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: you can just join whatever. So if you join a 209 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: random party plan, you can pay twenty five dollars a 210 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: month unlimited Visible. They just added e SIM support for 211 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: a lot of Android phone Samsung and pixel, so you 212 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: don't even have to get a SIM card sent to 213 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: you. You can just activate your phone with this right from 214 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: your device. So that's something to look into. The other 215 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: plan that I really like, and I have not tested 216 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: this one but I want to, is an AT and 217 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: T plan that's only available at Walmart, and it's forty 218 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: five dollars a month for unlimited. It's really good. Now 219 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: I don't know what the downside is to that plan. 220 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: A friend was telling me that, you know, they'll throttle 221 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: you really quickly if you go over the data. But 222 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: it's like unlimited, but still, you know, they give you 223 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,199 Speaker 1: like thirty five forty five gigs of data whatever it is, 224 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: and then after that they have the right to throttle 225 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: you and slow down your speeds. But it does come 226 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: with hotspot, it comes with online storage. It's five g 227 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: So if you are a single person with one line, 228 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: you like the idea of prepaid, you pay your bill. 229 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: You know, you can do automatic payments, but it's forty 230 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: five dollars a month. You have to sign up or 231 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: buy the SIM, at least inside Walmart. I think you 232 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: have to sign up in Walmart, but look into that. 233 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: I think it's called the AT and T Max Walmart plan. 234 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: But those are some good alternatives if you're looking to 235 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: save some money, like we all are at this point. 236 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: Oh that's that sound means it's time for the first question. 237 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Paul says, Hey, Rich, I speaking of 238 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: what we just talked about. I just called Spectrum Mobile. 239 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: Was thinking of changing over from Verizon. They told me 240 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: I have a They told me I have to have 241 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: a five G compatible phone. My eight plus has been 242 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: paid off two years ago. I'm not buying a new 243 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: iPhone again. My mind is the last with the home button. 244 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: I think this is a form of bait and switch 245 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: is their way around it. They would send me a 246 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: five G only simcard, Paul. So, Paul sounds like I 247 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: think Spectrum is heavily advertising Spectrum Mobile, which is you know, 248 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: it's another option. If you have Spectrum, it does probably 249 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: save you some money. I'm a little bit torn on 250 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: them because I don't like the idea of giving a 251 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: big cable conglomerate even more of my money per se. 252 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: But if you can save money every month by going 253 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: with it, and you're not going to really switch, because 254 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: I think with Spectrum Mobile you have to have Spectrum 255 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: Internet or some sort of Spectrum service to get the 256 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: cheapest price. I could be wrong on that because it's 257 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: been a while since I looked into this, But with 258 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: regards to the five G I'm not sure that their 259 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: SIM card is only five G compatible. I would be 260 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't think that's totally true. But 261 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: if this is their rule, you have to go buy it, 262 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: because what they're doing is they're not going to send 263 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: you a SIM card unless you send them what's called 264 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 1: the IMEI off your phone and it's compatible with their 265 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: with their rules and their network. So what they're going 266 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: to do is say, okay, send us this number from 267 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: your phone, which is you can find it in settings 268 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: called the IMEI, and that tells you if your phone 269 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: is compatible with their network. Now, it may be compatible 270 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: with the Spectrum Mobile service, but since they're not allowing 271 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: anyone with just four G phones to get on anymore, 272 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: they may say no, you can't do that. And it's 273 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: not bait and switch, it's just that's their rule. That's 274 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: what they want to do, and they want to prevent 275 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 1: people from having a bad quality of service when they 276 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 1: get on that network, because not like the the cell 277 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: phone carriers are not retiring four G anytime soon, Like 278 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: it's not going away this year or next year or 279 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: even in probably a couple of years. But I think 280 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: that the emphasis is definitely on five G. And so 281 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: if that's their rule, it's not bait and switch. It's 282 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: just hey, you know, this is what we want to do, 283 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: this is our priority, and we make the rules and 284 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: you can either live by them or you know, find 285 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: some other service. So what I would recommend Paul is 286 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: maybe look into some of the other services that I mentioned. 287 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: If you want Verizon, I would definitely check into Visible, 288 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: and I believe you'd be able to activate that eight 289 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: plus right from your handset there. All right, So Google, 290 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: I was off last week. I had to go down 291 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: to San Diego for a Lego Land shoot, so I 292 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: did not was not able to do the podcast. So 293 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: I did see Google Io, I did follow it, but 294 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: I was not able to talk about it in a 295 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: big way on the podcast. I'll be quite honest, I 296 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: was underwhelmed. I think that Google is still doing amazing 297 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: things with AI and machine learning. I think that Apple 298 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: is catching up to a lot of it, except for specifically, 299 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: voice transcription is really horrible on Apple. Still if you 300 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: use Siri, it's amazing on Google. But I think a 301 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: lot of these things, I mean, Google just their secret 302 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: sauce is really just really flexing their software smarts. But 303 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: I'll be honest on the flip side, I think that 304 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: Google had lens for a very long time, which reads 305 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: things in pictures, which is identifying what's in the pictures 306 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: and also the text. But I think that Apple's implementation 307 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: of live text on their phones is just phenomenal. So 308 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: good example, I'm going on vacation later and or soon, 309 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: i should say, and I was looking up some recommendations 310 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: and this social influencer had posted a whole bunch of 311 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: recommendations for this area on an Instagram story and it 312 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: was just a ton of tiny text. So I screenshotted 313 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: that Instagram story I put into my photos and I 314 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: just started copying and pasting all the recommendations from that 315 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: using live text into my Google Maps, which I use 316 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: what's called lists, and I just bookmark little things that 317 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: I want to go to in different cities. And so 318 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: it was such an easy process. It was such a 319 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: smooth process. And that was something that I'd have to 320 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: look over see what the name of the restaurant is, 321 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: and then remember it and then type it into Google Maps. 322 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: This way you literally just copy and paste the text 323 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: even though it's a picture. It can still recognize that 324 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: text and copy and paste it really easily, and it 325 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: was right on. So kudos to Apple for doing something 326 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: so smooth. Which Google has had that feature for years, 327 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: it's just never been any good. But I did notice 328 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: that Google has definitely stepped up their kind of use 329 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: of Google Lends ever since Apple kind of integrated it 330 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: into their phones in such a big way. So it's 331 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: you know, look, it's a it's a it's competition, and 332 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: Apple and Google our neck and neck in this competition 333 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: of what they can do for you and the products 334 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: and services that they have. Anyway, all that's to say, 335 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: not too many things to talk about from Google. Iow 336 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: a couple of notable items. Pixel six a's coming out 337 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: in July. This is going to be a cheaper pixel 338 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: phone at four hundred and fifty dollars. It's going to 339 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: have dual cameras on the back, a main lens and 340 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: an ultra wide so no telephoto. But Magic Eraser has 341 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: also gotten a little bit better. It can now change 342 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: the color of just acting objects in your picture, which 343 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: is kind of cool. In addition to deleting things out 344 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: of your pictures, it also comes with the same highly 345 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: accurate speech recognition, cool features like recorder, live caption, Live Translate. 346 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: It's going to receive five years of security update, and 347 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: it's also the first Pixel that can go seventy two 348 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: hours in extreme battery mode. So this is going to 349 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: be available July twenty first, for pre order July twenty eighth. 350 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: I say that the Pixel six A is going to 351 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: be an excellent phone for the average phone user that 352 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: wants a really good phone that's going to last five years. 353 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: These Pixels just keep on going if you're not a 354 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: power user. I think that these lower priced Pixels are 355 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: really the perfect smartphone because they have great software, they 356 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: have an excellent camera. They're not I mean, the iPhone 357 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: now has options that are the cheapest option of the 358 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: iPhone is four thirty. I think for the iPhone se, 359 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: which is okay, the Pixel six say, well, we'll offer 360 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: that ultra wide. I think it's gonna have a better 361 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: kind of a better camera maybe and also some some 362 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: cooler features. But the I would say, if you're looking 363 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: at those you know, budget phones. I would say that 364 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: the the options to look at are the Samsung I 365 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: think it's the fifty three, and then the the Pixel 366 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: six A and also the iPhone S. All Right, the 367 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: other thing they mentioned, I'll just go over this since 368 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: I've got it here is the Pixel Watch, which is, 369 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: you know, the big smart watch to rival the Apple Watch. 370 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: And the Apple Watch has just been amazing. It's been 371 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: out for seven seven years now and it just is 372 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: the best wearable on the market. There's nothing even close 373 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: to what the Apple Watch does, and quite honestly, it's 374 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: basically the thing that keeps me in the Apple ecosystem. Now, 375 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: if they let if they set the Apple Watch free, 376 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: and Apple knows this, this is why they don't set 377 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: I message free. If they set the Apple Watch free 378 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: and let you activate it as a its own device 379 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: without going through a lot of hoops like they do 380 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: right now, I think that they would lose some people 381 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: to the Android because people would have more options. You 382 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: can wear an Apple Watch and have Android. But they 383 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: know that that keeps you in the ecosystem, so they 384 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: don't do that. But if they did, it would it 385 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: would get a lot of not a lot of people. 386 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: But definitely people would think twice. They go, oh cool, 387 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: I can get the Apple Watch, which is really amazing, 388 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: but I can also get a pixel phone or something 389 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: else like that. Not too much to say about the 390 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: Pixel Watch except it's gonna have things like Google Maps 391 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 1: built in. It's gonna have fitbit tools built in, it's 392 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: gonna have Google Wallet built in. But this thing does 393 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: not come out for a long time. It's not coming 394 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: out until the fall. And you know, it's one of 395 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: these things that it's gonna be first generation. There's definitely 396 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: gonna be some downsides to it. It's not gonna be 397 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: as full featured as the Apple Watch. People are gonna 398 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: be disappointed. Will it be fine? Probably, But I think 399 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: for that we're gonna I hopefully. I'm pleasantly surprised. I 400 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: just don't see it as being amazing out of the gate. 401 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: I think that if you're looking for a companion to 402 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: the pixel or to an Android for a smart watch, 403 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: it'll be a nice option to have. But we're gonna 404 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: have to kind of sit and wait on that one. 405 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: All right, Let's get to the next question. Nancy says, 406 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: I just watch your segment which you recommended a password manager, 407 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: Can you recommend one for iPhone and Mac? So, yeah, 408 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: the couple of a couple of this actually had to 409 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: do with the next story. I was gonna mention how 410 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: hackers get your password, So I guess I'll skip to 411 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: the end and then I'll go back to the beginning. 412 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 1: But the password managers that I recommend number one. If 413 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: you want a free one, I recommend Bitwarden. I did 414 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: a story with Bitwarden was very impressed. They offer a 415 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: free product. Yes, there is a it's a freemium product, 416 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: which means you sign up and they hope that you 417 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: get a little bit frustrated with what they offer for free, 418 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: or you want some extra features that you end up 419 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: paying for the full service product. And that's not I'm 420 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: not saying that in a bad way. That's what all 421 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: these companies do. Whenever you use a product that's free. 422 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: The hope is that you're just a little bit hamstrung 423 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: by that product and that you say, oh, okay, fine, 424 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: I'll pay the extra five bucks a month because you 425 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: get a taste of that product and you already have 426 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: a login, you've already started using it, and you're already 427 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: comfortable with it, and yeah, you can suffer through the 428 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 1: free product and use just the free options, but it's 429 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: always going to be a little bit better if you 430 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: pay for the paid product. And that's just kind of 431 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: the business model. And yes, you could use a free 432 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: product forever and just say, oh cool, I'm one of 433 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: those people that this free product works great and it's amazing. 434 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: But for most people, or for many people, I should say, 435 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: they will translate into a paid customer. Now, for paid 436 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: password managers, I like dash Lane and I like one Password. 437 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 1: I think those are two of the best. I think 438 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: they're highly recommended. Last Pass I used to recommend a lot, 439 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: but a lot of people were burned by last Pass 440 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: when they went from free to a paid service and 441 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: they kind of really hamstrung the free service, and so 442 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: I kind of like it left a little bit of 443 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: a bad time haste in my mouth. Now, if you 444 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,959 Speaker 1: ever want to switch from one password manager to another, 445 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: there are ways of switching. It's not the easiest thing 446 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: in the world, but I have done it and it works. 447 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: But it's it's doable. But the beauty of a password 448 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: manager is that you just have to remember one password 449 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: and then it will fill in all the passwords and 450 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: so what you want to look for is a password 451 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: manager that works across various devices that includes a computer, 452 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: a smartphone, a tablet, and maybe even your watch. And 453 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: so when you look at that, something like dash Lane 454 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: and one password and bitwarden, they'll cover a lot of 455 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: those bases. But what Nancy is asking me is can 456 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: you recommend one for iPhone and Mac? And so if 457 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: you are just using an iPhone in Mac, I would say, 458 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: just use the built in iCloud keychain. And so iCloud 459 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: has a built in password manager. It will generate passwords, 460 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: it will fill in those passwords, and it's super easy. 461 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: It's super simple. You may even have seen it when 462 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: you're using Safari on the iPhone or Safari on the Mac. 463 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: It says, hey, do you want us to suggest a password? 464 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: Do you want us to recommend one? Do you want 465 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: us to save one? Do you want us to fill 466 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: in one? That's all fine and dandy if you're only 467 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: using iPhone and Mac. In fact, I would qualify not 468 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: just iPhone in Mac. But you have to be using 469 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: Safari on both iPhone and Mac for this to truly work. 470 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: If you're using Chrome on the iPhone and Mac, I 471 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: would not recommend using the built in password manager on 472 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: the iPhone because it's going to present some problems because 473 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: you're gonna be copying and pasting a lot of stuff. 474 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: So for that reason, I would recommend a third party one. 475 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: And like I said, Bitwarden, dash Lane, one Password are 476 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: all going to be good options, even last Pass. You know, 477 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: it really comes down to your preferences. You know, it's 478 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: just look get a feel for how much these things cost, 479 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: the features they have, like some of them have, like 480 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: I think dash Lane might have like a built in 481 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: VPN that you can use, so that if that's an 482 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: option that you want, then go with that. You know, 483 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: there's a lot of different there's a lot of different ones, 484 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: and you can, you know, you don't have to use 485 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: my recommendations. You can look up online a lot of 486 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: people like other brands, just see what you like. But again, 487 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: if you're just using Chrome and Android, then I would 488 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: recommend the built in password manager that Chrome has. An 489 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: Android and I don't know what is that called. Let's 490 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: see Chrome password manager. It's just called Google password Manager, 491 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: and so you can use that, but again I would 492 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 1: only use that if you're using Android and Chrome. That's it. Okay, 493 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: so that's your password manager. Now why do you need 494 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: a password manager? This is what I got into on 495 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: the news. This was another popular story this week because 496 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: I'm telling you I've always said this on the podcast. 497 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: I am like a doctor. I hear a lot of stories. 498 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: I see a lot of stuff, and the way that 499 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: I see this stuff is all through emails. People email me, 500 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: they DM me on a daily basis, give telling me 501 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: about their problems. And the problems typically stem from hacking. 502 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 1: They typically stem from losing accounts. They typically stem from 503 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: organizing their computers, organizing their photos, recommendations for better Wi Fi. 504 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: I mean, these are like the common themes I see 505 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: over and over and over selecting which smartphone to get. 506 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: But one of the biggest problems I see is hackers 507 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: getting passwords. And ninety nine percent of the time we 508 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: hand over our passwords to the hackers through a phishing 509 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: attempt and those fishing emails that you get you're listening 510 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: to a tech podcast. You may be a little more 511 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: savvy than a lot of people, but the fact is 512 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: you've got someone in your family or friends that is 513 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: not as savvy as you, and these are the people 514 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: that fall for this stuff, and it's your grandma, it's 515 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: your mom, it's your dad, it's a friend, it's a relative. 516 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: And these are smart people that are doctors, their lawyers, 517 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 1: their architects, their journalists, their teachers, whatever. They're smart in 518 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: their aspect. They may not be as tech savvy as 519 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: you are or as I am, and that's what happens. 520 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: So what happens is you get this email and there's 521 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: some sort of what the sexpert I talk to calls 522 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: a stressor event. Hey, you got to you got to 523 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: change your password right now, or your account was just 524 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: logged in from somewhere you need to help, you know, 525 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: lock this down, or your Amazon account was just used 526 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: to purchase this, so you better go in and fix that. 527 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: And before you know it, when you try logging in 528 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: to fix it, they've already taken your password and they're 529 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: off and running and they're they're messing things up and 530 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 1: they're somehow either you know, screwing with your stuff or 531 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: just they can do a lot of damage. So what 532 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: do you want to do? You want to make sure 533 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: that you do not fall for that social engineering, don't 534 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: get tricked. So learn to spot the signs of a 535 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: phishing email. Sometimes it's not always that easy. So and 536 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: tell your friends and family members about this. That's the 537 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: other thing is like educate your friends, you know, talk 538 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 1: about this stuff. I know, you're out to a beer 539 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: with your friends, like just say, hey, uh, do you 540 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 1: know how to spot a phishing email? Because I think 541 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: you should know, and just you know, see the reaction 542 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: on their face and be like, I know. I listen 543 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: to Rich on Tech, that's what he talks about. The 544 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: other way that your password gets out into the wild 545 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: is when a website is hacked. And this happens. This 546 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: has happened to me many times. You sign up for 547 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: one website, they are hacked, and next thing you know, 548 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 1: that password and email combination is floating around on the web. 549 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: It might be on the dark web, it might be 550 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: a little tough to access, but these hackers know how 551 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: to find this information. And then they go ahead and 552 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: they try that password and use their name on a 553 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: whole bunch of different websites, common websites. You might use Gmail. 554 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: They try it there. Yahoo, You might try it there. 555 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: They might try it on a banking website, and they 556 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 1: just keep going and of course you know they're not 557 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: sitting there necessarily trying to log in. They're using automated 558 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: systems that can do this stuff very fast in a 559 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: big way. And so this expert I talk to Roger Grimes, 560 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: by the way, who is an excellent expert from the 561 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: software training company or security awareness training company know before. 562 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: He said that twice a year, your password is probably 563 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: stolen from a website that you belong to. And this 564 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: is why you don't want to reuse the same password 565 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: over and over. People say, ah, I've got my password, 566 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: I use it. It's the same password I've had for years. 567 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: Don't do it. I mean literally, you're putting yourself at 568 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: so much risk if you're using the same password over 569 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: and over. It's just not worth it. Take the five 570 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: minutes to sign up and understand how to use a 571 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: password manager. Take the five minutes to turn on two 572 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: factor authentication. The first thing that I ask people when 573 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: they get hacked, I say, did you have two factor on? 574 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: They said no. I've been talking on the news about 575 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: two factor authentication now for ten years, and still when 576 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: I ask people, a lot of people have not turned 577 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: it on. Turn it on, set it up. The best 578 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: way to do it is with an authentication app. Look 579 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: up one of those Microsoft offers one, Google offers one. 580 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: There's a couple other companies that offer them. That's the 581 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: best way to do it so you're not tied to 582 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: your phone number. Oh let's see what else. This expert 583 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: was telling me that the passwords that you think you 584 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: make up, that you think are tough for hackers to guess, 585 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: are very easy. They can guess sixteen to eighteen character 586 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: human created passwords all the time now, if using a 587 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: password manager, if it's a totally random password. As far 588 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: as they know, eleven or twelve perfectly random passwords are 589 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: uncrackable at this point. So that's why when you've got 590 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: all those crazy passwords on the h Sorry if you 591 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: hear some commotion in the background. We are fostering two 592 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: kittens right now, and they are just running all over 593 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: the room. So it's uh that they're getting into this 594 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: playful state. When we first got them, we had to 595 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: nurse them to health. They were so tiny and so scared. 596 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: But now they are turning into the kittens that you 597 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: know and love. But they are eating my wires, they 598 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: are playing around. They're yeah, just put your mouth on 599 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: that USBC cable. Okay, climb on my router. The one 600 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: kitten is now that we've got two the and is 601 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: sitting on top of my hero So I'm sure the 602 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: Wi Fi signal just took a big nose dive. Let's 603 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: see what else They are cute, though, I will say 604 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: it's a lot of work giving them medicine and all 605 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: this stuff, but it is cute and it's fun to do. 606 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: The kids love it. Okay, where was I? So the 607 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: passwords that you want to use from a password manager, 608 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: eleven or twelve character is going to be perfect, going 609 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: to be a good password. The other thing is if 610 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: you like, let's say, on your computer at work. And 611 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: I understand why you may not want to use a 612 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: password manager, because your computer at work, you're logging in 613 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: thirty forty fifty times a day. Right, every time you 614 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: leave to get up from your computer, you should be 615 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: locking it. Every time you come back, you want to 616 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: unlock it, and that probably requires your passwords, So I 617 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: get it. You probably don't want to put in a 618 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: twelve character randomly generated password, so you want to use 619 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: a password that's a little bit more familiar, and so 620 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: in that case, use something what's called a password, a 621 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: pass phrase, and a passphrase is something like Johnny jumped 622 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 1: over the big blue fence where overalls. Now it may 623 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: not have to be that long, but something to that effect. 624 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: It's a it's almost like a sentence that you can remember, 625 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: I love eating ice cream in the summer. Don't use 626 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: that because that's too that's that's too easily guessable. Okay, 627 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: now they just turned on the speaker by pressing the 628 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: button on it. That's real nice. Okay, So now I 629 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: gotta go hang on a second. I've got to go 630 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: turn off the music because the kittens have turned on 631 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:33,719 Speaker 1: this speaker, so let me turn this off. And okay, 632 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: that's this is well, this is a first for the 633 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: podcasts having to turn off a speaker in the middle 634 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: of it because the cats are on it. But anyway, 635 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: so pass phrases very smart, and that's that's what I 636 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: would use. The other thing, uh, the other thing I 637 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: didn't mention is the other way that these hackers get 638 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: your password is unauthorized password resets. And so if you get, 639 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: if anyone ever asks you to read them a number 640 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,479 Speaker 1: that you get like a confirmation, just don't believe it. 641 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: And you know, it's funny because again, and I've talked 642 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: about this on the podcast in the past. These hackers 643 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: basically reverse engineer the security measures that companies have put 644 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: in place to protect us. So what happens is, if 645 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: you ever use let's say PayPal, and let's say you 646 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: don't log in for a long time, PayPal will say, hey, 647 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: we notice you logged in. Can you please enter the 648 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: phone enter the six digit code that we just texted 649 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: to your phone. And so that's just put in place 650 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: to make sure it is who you are who you 651 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: say you are when you go to use PayPal after 652 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: not using it for a year. Now on the flip side, 653 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: what the hackers will do is they'll call you up 654 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: and they'll say, hey, mister Demiro, we noticed that your 655 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: PayPal account has been hacked, so we need to fix it. 656 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: And just to confirm you are who you say you are, 657 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: we just texted you a code to your phone. Please 658 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: read us that code. And what they're actually doing is 659 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: a password reset. So they've got your password because it's 660 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: already been hacked in some other ways, and they send 661 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: that password reset code to your phone. Now you read 662 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: them back that code they entered in the website, and 663 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: now they've taken over your account, so that's another way 664 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: that they get accessed. You just have to be on 665 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: your toes and this stuff I'm telling you is just stuff. 666 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: This is why I talk about it because you just 667 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: have to know about it. It's really it's very tricky, 668 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: and that's what they do, is they really try to 669 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: trick you. So be on the lookout for that kind 670 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: of stuff. All right, let's get to the next question. 671 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: Ron says, good day. Is it possible to use music 672 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: for my library as ring tones on my iPhone twelve pro? 673 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: If so, how do I transfer a song to my 674 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: ringtone menu? Thank you? Be well well, Ron, this is 675 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: a good question. This is a feature that used to 676 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: be pretty popular on the iPhone. I have not set 677 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: a custom ring tone a long time, but when the 678 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: iPhone first came out, this was the bee's knees as 679 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: they called it. I don't even know what that phrase 680 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: refers to, but you know what that's I think all 681 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: the kids said that maybe back in the fifties. So 682 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: these days iTunes is definitely less of a force in life. 683 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,239 Speaker 1: Transferring things to your iPhone is not necessarily easy. So 684 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: what I would recommend is a program and the program 685 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: I recommend is called I ring I r I n GG. 686 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: And this is from soft Reno and this is actually 687 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: a company that's based out in Ukraine. So we are 688 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: still thinking about folks out in Ukraine that are going 689 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: through a very tough time right now. Hopefully that situation 690 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: will be resolved. We do hope so, because it's just 691 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: too senseless what's happening there anyway, I digress, but iring 692 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: r I n GG is a simple drag and drop 693 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: way of putting ring tones on your iPhone. I don't 694 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: even know what to say. It's just that's it. It 695 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: doesn't get much easier than this. You select a song, 696 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: you drag it into the app, or you can even 697 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: choose a song from the app, and then you just 698 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: plug in your phone and boom, it will transfer it 699 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: to your phone. It's so easy you do not need iTunes. 700 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: It's like literally the easiest app I've ever used in 701 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: my life. Maybe I'll go back to using custom ring 702 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: tones I I You know, I was testing this app 703 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 1: out a couple of years ago. I definitely had some 704 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: custom ring tones on my phone. But you know, it's 705 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: one of these things where if you still want to 706 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: do it. That's the easiest way that I know to 707 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: do it. All right, good question, great, great question. All right, 708 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: let's get to the next story of the week. Pretty 709 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: simple story. Amazon has updated the Fire seven. I don't 710 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: typically recommend the Fire tablets because I think that they 711 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: are not very exciting. They are literally if you just 712 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 1: want a basic, the most basic tablet to read books on, 713 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,919 Speaker 1: watch videos on, and maybe surf the web a little 714 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 1: bit on. But these are mostly consumption devices like these are. 715 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: I don't even know if I'd recommend checking my email 716 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: on them because they're so basic. But this is a 717 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: good a good tablet for just watching videos and also 718 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 1: reading books, even for kids. I don't typically recommend the 719 00:35:56,719 --> 00:36:00,759 Speaker 1: Fire tablets because, honestly, the Fire tablets are just they're 720 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: just so complicated. I feel like like the software is 721 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: not that good. It's just it's just not that great. 722 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: Just spend the extra money on the iPad. I'm telling you, 723 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: I get it. The iPad is like five times six times. 724 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: Let's see, this is sixty bucks, so six times five 725 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: five times the cost for an iPad. And I'm telling you, 726 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: the iPad will last longer, the software is better, your 727 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 1: kids will appreciate it. It's just an overall better experience. 728 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: But with all that said, the iPhone, the Fire seven 729 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: does have USB C now, so it's gonna have easier charging. 730 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,319 Speaker 1: It's got a thirty percent faster processor, double the RAM, 731 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,800 Speaker 1: which realistically is probably like two gigs versus one. I 732 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: don't know the actual specs, but it's like very light 733 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,879 Speaker 1: on the RAM, and it has forty percent more battery life, 734 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,840 Speaker 1: so you get ten hours of use. So this is 735 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: now sixty dollars. Used to be fifty dollars. It's a 736 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: little bit more expensive ten dollars price increase. That all 737 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: goes back to the first thing I was talking about, inflation. 738 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: So suddenly these tablets cost more to make. I guess 739 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it. Everything's just more expensive. These tablets 740 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: will be available for pre order and they're shipping on 741 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,320 Speaker 1: June twenty ninth. Not much more to say about those. 742 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: They do offer a Fire seven kids. The Fire seven 743 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: is the smallest tablet from Amazon. And what can I say? 744 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: If you just want a cheap tablet, you're taking a 745 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: long plane flight, you just want something the cheapest possible 746 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,360 Speaker 1: thing you can get. Fire seven is gonna do that. 747 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 1: For you. All right, let's get to the next question 748 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:38,440 Speaker 1: of the podcast, and this comes from Donna. Donna says, Hey, Rich, 749 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: quick question. I need to offload the photos from my phone. 750 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: I currently have an iCloud account that's frequently backed up. 751 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 1: If I delete photos from my phone, will they still 752 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 1: be on the cloud. I don't want to lose any 753 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: I'm not sophisticated enough to understand how I could preserve 754 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: my photos and free up storage on my phone. Thanks 755 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: for your help, cheers Donna. Oh wow, this goes back 756 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 1: to what I was talking about at the beginning. And yes, 757 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: very very complicated. But you need to know, Donna, that 758 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,439 Speaker 1: when you delete a photo off your phone, it will 759 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: be it will be deleted off of iCloud. So what 760 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: you need to do is, uh, you need to be 761 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: very familiar with a feature called optimize I phone storage. 762 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,799 Speaker 1: So your iPhone, if you have iCloud and you have 763 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: an iPhone, you can set up your iPhone so that 764 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: you can take advantage of unlimited storage and iCloud or 765 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: I guess I should say as much storage as you 766 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,719 Speaker 1: pay for an iCloud and your phone will. Okay, let 767 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,879 Speaker 1: me explain how this works. Let me take a deep 768 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: breath because this is kind of complicated. But Number one, 769 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: go into settings on your iPhone, tap or says your name, 770 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: which is up at the top, Then tap iCloud, and 771 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: then tap photos. And when iCloud Photos is turned on, 772 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,280 Speaker 1: which it probably is if you're already using iCloud Photos, 773 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 1: there is a toggle underneath that says either optimize iPhone 774 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:01,920 Speaker 1: storage or download and keep originals. Downloading keep originals means 775 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 1: it is going to sync all of your photos to iCloud, 776 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,319 Speaker 1: but only to the extent of storage that you have 777 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: available on your iPhone. If you run out of storage 778 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: on your iPhone, it's gonna say, sorry, we can't do 779 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: anything else. So what you want to do is choose 780 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: the option for optimize iPhone storage. And here's what that's 781 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 1: gonna do. Let's say your iPhone is sixty four gigabytes 782 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: of storage on board. Let's say you have a terabyte 783 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,799 Speaker 1: of storage and iCloud. When those sixty four gigabytes are 784 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: getting to be filled up on your iPhone, your iCloud 785 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: storage sixty four gigs is no big deal. You've got 786 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: a terabyte. What it's going to do is it's going 787 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:44,799 Speaker 1: to keep uploading the full resolution pictures to iCloud. Keep 788 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: using your storage there on your iPhone. It's going to 789 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,319 Speaker 1: continue to use just the storage on your phone that 790 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 1: it has available. But what it's gonna do is it's 791 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 1: going to start deleting old pictures off your phone, but 792 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 1: only the full file of them, the full res file. 793 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,879 Speaker 1: It's gonna keep a tiny resolution file that you can 794 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 1: still browse through on your phone. But there's gonna be 795 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: a little cloud in the corner. And so when you 796 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: want to use that picture, when you tap on it, 797 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,839 Speaker 1: your phone is gonna go, oh, hold on, I don't 798 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,279 Speaker 1: have this picture on my local storage. Let me just 799 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 1: go grab it from the cloud, and in five four 800 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: three two one, boom, here you go, here's your picture. 801 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,800 Speaker 1: And so in the background, it's gonna constantly be managing 802 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,239 Speaker 1: this storage on your phone and making sure that you 803 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,280 Speaker 1: have enough storage to continue taking pictures on your phone, 804 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: even though you only have sixty four gigabytes of storage. 805 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,040 Speaker 1: But it knows that you've got that nice, glamorous two 806 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 1: terabytes in the cloud. So it's gonna work with the 807 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,200 Speaker 1: two of those storage areas to kind of make sure 808 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 1: that you have as much you can basically take two gigs, 809 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: two terabytes of photos, even though your phone only has 810 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,240 Speaker 1: sixty four gigs available. It's only gonna keep the amount 811 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: of photos on your phone that it thinks it can 812 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,720 Speaker 1: handle at any given time. But you'll have full access 813 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,400 Speaker 1: to browse all those pictures and to download the fues 814 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 1: at any time to share them out. So hopefully that 815 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: makes sense. I know it's so so complicated. I understand 816 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: it in my brain, but when you talk through it, 817 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,240 Speaker 1: it's just one of these things. It's like really weird 818 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,439 Speaker 1: and it's like, okay, it makes sense, but it also 819 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 1: just is very complicated. But make sure that's clicked and 820 00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:18,839 Speaker 1: you should be okay. All right, Speaking of Apple, let's 821 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,360 Speaker 1: just talk more about Apple while we're on that topic. 822 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 1: If you have a subscription, Apple has made a little 823 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,919 Speaker 1: tiny change to the way subscriptions work, and I guess 824 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: this all has to do with inflation as well. This 825 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 1: is the common theme of today's show. But now Apple 826 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: has changed the rules to say that the developer can 827 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: increase your subscription price basically without telling you. Now, I 828 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,640 Speaker 1: think they're still gonna say that you have to approve this, 829 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,960 Speaker 1: like in a little notification, but it doesn't automatically stop 830 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: them from doing this. So I think this is being 831 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 1: a little bit overblown, but the reality is, Look, subscriptions 832 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,160 Speaker 1: go up, and just like on your credit card, when 833 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 1: Netflix sends you notification that says, hey, just so you know, 834 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,719 Speaker 1: starting next month, we're gonna be charging you nineteen ninety 835 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: nine a month instead of seventeen ninety nine. So instead 836 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 1: of having instead of stopping all those subscriptions, instead of 837 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 1: Netflix sending you an email and saying, hey, starting next month, 838 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,480 Speaker 1: if you want to continue subscribing, you need to resubscribe 839 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,800 Speaker 1: at nineteen ninety nine, that's not very good for a 840 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: business model, not very good for the customer because most customers, 841 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,720 Speaker 1: a majority of customers are gonna sit there and say, okay, 842 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: two dollars Netflix, handfist in the air, but I'll stick 843 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,120 Speaker 1: with you. Same thing with Apple. You're gonna see your 844 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,799 Speaker 1: subscription go up. Let's say for some app that you have, Okay, 845 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,719 Speaker 1: it goes up from nine ninety nine to ten ninety 846 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,839 Speaker 1: nine a month, and you're gonna go ough. I wish 847 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,920 Speaker 1: that didn't happen, but okay, fine. So instead of making 848 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: you stop the subscription or manually stopping it for everyone 849 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: and then making you start up again, they're just gonna say, look, 850 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:56,759 Speaker 1: if it's under a certain threshold, you can just automatically 851 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: opt people into this new higher subscription. So the main 852 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:06,080 Speaker 1: numbers here are five dollars, So if a subscription changes 853 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,440 Speaker 1: by more than five dollars monthly or weekly, it doesn't 854 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,239 Speaker 1: qualify for this new thing. It will stop the subscription. 855 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: So again, if the subscription changes by a dollar, two dollars, 856 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,920 Speaker 1: three dollars, four dollars, it will be okay. And it's 857 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,000 Speaker 1: also fifty percent. So if a subscription is ninety nine 858 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 1: cents a month and all of a sudden they raise 859 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,440 Speaker 1: it to to ninety nine a month, that's not going 860 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,320 Speaker 1: to be okay. So they'll be able to raise it 861 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: to a dollar forty nine a month with it being 862 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 1: okay under this new thing. So I think at the 863 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,839 Speaker 1: end of the day you are going to get a 864 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,200 Speaker 1: notification that says, hey, this subscription is going up, and 865 00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,440 Speaker 1: you just say okay. But I don't think they're going 866 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,359 Speaker 1: to be automatically canceling it in that case unless it's 867 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: over those thresholds. So again, another very complicated nuance, but 868 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,280 Speaker 1: I think it sounds very reasonable what Apple is doing 869 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,759 Speaker 1: because it's kind of a win win. Developers get to 870 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 1: raise prices, customers get to continue their subscriptions at a 871 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 1: reasonable price increase, but if it goes over a certain threshold, 872 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:08,919 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to take action about that subscription. Next 873 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,160 Speaker 1: question on the list, Ira says Rich, I need to 874 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 1: make a QR scan code for my wife's art business. 875 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,920 Speaker 1: I heard that some of them are not safe to use. 876 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:20,319 Speaker 1: Can you recommend a safe website to use to make 877 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,600 Speaker 1: the QR code. One that I've heard of is qrmonkey 878 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,200 Speaker 1: dot com. I'm not sure if it's safe to use, 879 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,040 Speaker 1: all right, so quick check of qrmonkey dot com. Now, 880 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,520 Speaker 1: I think that QR codes are gonna be safe in 881 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,400 Speaker 1: general if you're making one. The main thing is that, 882 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,760 Speaker 1: let's see how can I QR QR code monkey, Okay, 883 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,360 Speaker 1: what's going on? Code QR. I'm just gonna search for 884 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,719 Speaker 1: QR code generator. Okay. I'm sure there's apps that can 885 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:53,759 Speaker 1: do this as well. But if I look at QR oh, okay, well, 886 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: if you look at QR code generator, you know what 887 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 1: I would just use that. That's what I would use. 888 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:02,120 Speaker 1: QR dash code dash generator dot com. It's part of Bitley, 889 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,800 Speaker 1: and so I really trust Bitley, and so I would 890 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,480 Speaker 1: definitely use this one. And the cool thing about this 891 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,000 Speaker 1: one is that you can, oh, this is excellent. You 892 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,200 Speaker 1: can put in a URL, you can put in your email, 893 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,200 Speaker 1: you can put a Wi Fi. Oh, this is great. 894 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: Definitely use this one. QR dashcode dash generator dot com 895 00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,959 Speaker 1: and it gives you so many options. You can even 896 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,719 Speaker 1: track the scans so that you know you can kind 897 00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,440 Speaker 1: of connect it to Bitley to track them. Let's just 898 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: make one real quick. I'll do rich on tech dot 899 00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,440 Speaker 1: tv and it immediately generated it. You can put a 900 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,600 Speaker 1: little you can put a little frame around it that 901 00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 1: says something. You can even change what the frame says. Oh, 902 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:47,239 Speaker 1: this is phenomenal. So definitely just use that. And yes, 903 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,960 Speaker 1: there is a pro version that can let you do 904 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:54,080 Speaker 1: things like PDFs and stuff, but uh no, it looks like, 905 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,120 Speaker 1: oh yeah, you just sign up for free to do that. 906 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,360 Speaker 1: But this is fantastic. It's got a lot of basic options. 907 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:01,840 Speaker 1: And I think that this is really good because it 908 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 1: is owned by Bitley. I think that I'm I'm I'm 909 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,560 Speaker 1: happy that it's owned by Bitley because it's not going 910 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: to go away anytime soon. So or hopefully not. And 911 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,120 Speaker 1: that's the big concern. Once you generate a QR code, 912 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,600 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty much gonna work depending on how that 913 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,759 Speaker 1: QR code is generated, Like if it's redirecting things like 914 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,920 Speaker 1: viviability to change it later on. What it's doing is 915 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,480 Speaker 1: using a kind of a redirect service to go to 916 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,840 Speaker 1: your website. But if it's just building the information directly 917 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,719 Speaker 1: into the QR code, then it should last forever. So 918 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:39,120 Speaker 1: I'm looking at this one and it's yeah, it's totally 919 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,120 Speaker 1: this is great. So QR dashcode dash generator is a 920 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,279 Speaker 1: great way to do it. Now, the one thing that 921 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:48,640 Speaker 1: could be handy, I mean inside your business. You know, 922 00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:52,960 Speaker 1: you can have a scan for the Instagram page of 923 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,440 Speaker 1: your business, the Facebook page, the Twitter page, the ability 924 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:59,000 Speaker 1: to send you an email. But Wi Fi, I think 925 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,400 Speaker 1: is a good one. Instead of making people put in 926 00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,239 Speaker 1: the Wi Fi network and password, you could even do 927 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,200 Speaker 1: this in your house. You just put your SSID, which 928 00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,160 Speaker 1: is your Wi Fi network name, and also your password 929 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,759 Speaker 1: in this QR code, and people with an iPhone or 930 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,440 Speaker 1: Android could just literally aim their phone at this QR 931 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:17,120 Speaker 1: code and they can link up to your Wi Fi. 932 00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:19,719 Speaker 1: In fact, I'm gonna do this for my WiFi. Now, 933 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,879 Speaker 1: the one thing I will say is that you don't 934 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,759 Speaker 1: necessarily want to do this for your your main Wi 935 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,319 Speaker 1: Fi network. So at home you should have and your 936 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,440 Speaker 1: business you should have a guest Wi Fi network. The 937 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,480 Speaker 1: reason why you should have that is because it's a 938 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:37,279 Speaker 1: lot safer. So, for instance, at my home, whenever people say, hey, Rich, 939 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,080 Speaker 1: can I hop on your Wi Fi? It's easy to 940 00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:43,080 Speaker 1: give them my real WiFi and address and you know, 941 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 1: all that good stuff, but it's much safer to give 942 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,520 Speaker 1: them a guest network. You can set up a guest 943 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,560 Speaker 1: network on most routers. I highly recommend it because what 944 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:55,520 Speaker 1: it does is it protects your your IoT devices, your 945 00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,240 Speaker 1: all your smart home stuff, and all of the anything 946 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,560 Speaker 1: that's plugged into your network. It protects that from the guest. 947 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,919 Speaker 1: The guest does not have access to, you know, any 948 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,400 Speaker 1: hard drives that may be on your network, or any 949 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:11,239 Speaker 1: network servers or network storage, or the ability to just 950 00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,960 Speaker 1: do anything, you know, mess with your smart lights. So 951 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,720 Speaker 1: definitely use a guest network and create the QR code 952 00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:19,240 Speaker 1: for that. You can put it up in your kitchen 953 00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,279 Speaker 1: or on your refrigerator. Your friends and family can come 954 00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,680 Speaker 1: into your house, they can just hover their camera over 955 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,800 Speaker 1: that QR code and they can link into your network. 956 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,040 Speaker 1: So in fact, I'm gonna I'm gonna leave that page 957 00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:32,840 Speaker 1: open so I don't forget to do that. But great question, 958 00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: Great question, Ira, thanks so much for asking it. All right, 959 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:41,920 Speaker 1: speaking of the house, if you have wisecams, they have 960 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:46,560 Speaker 1: a new security system and it's called cam plus Pro. 961 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,399 Speaker 1: This is three dollars and ninety nine cents a month, 962 00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:54,200 Speaker 1: or forty eight dollars a year, or let's see three 963 00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:59,200 Speaker 1: a month or three three three, I don't know, oh, monthly, Okay, 964 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,080 Speaker 1: So if you which is it for the whole year? 965 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,240 Speaker 1: It's forty dollars for the year, so that's a pretty 966 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:07,120 Speaker 1: good deal. You can try fourteen days free and you 967 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:10,719 Speaker 1: can turn any Wisecam version two, Wisecam version three, or 968 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:15,920 Speaker 1: wisecampan version one into a security system. There's no hubs, 969 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:19,960 Speaker 1: there's no sensors, there's no contracts, and they have smart detection, 970 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:25,680 Speaker 1: so they use noonlight noo n l ight. It detects 971 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,480 Speaker 1: people and it recognizes them through facial recognition, and it 972 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:33,200 Speaker 1: can basically dispatch emergency services if you need it. So 973 00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:36,120 Speaker 1: it's all powered by artificial intelligence kind of reminds me 974 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,760 Speaker 1: of what's happening with both Ring and Nest, and also 975 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,200 Speaker 1: the other one. I did a story on which the 976 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:46,760 Speaker 1: name is evading me right now, Deep Centennial. And so, look, 977 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:52,080 Speaker 1: all these companies are starting to use AI to recognize 978 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:56,240 Speaker 1: intruders at your home and kind of disregard the familiar faces. 979 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,719 Speaker 1: And when they recognize someone that's not familiar, either in 980 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,480 Speaker 1: your house or around the perimeter, they are helping you 981 00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:07,120 Speaker 1: call emergency services. So again it's called camplus Pro from Wy's. 982 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:08,680 Speaker 1: You probably got to pop up about it if you 983 00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,920 Speaker 1: have a wyscam. That's what it's all about. One more 984 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,400 Speaker 1: thing I wanted to mention. Amazon is launching its free 985 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,239 Speaker 1: V app on Apple TV Free V f R E 986 00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:23,600 Speaker 1: E V E E was formerly IMDb TV, and so 987 00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,240 Speaker 1: this has a bunch of free stuff to watch. These 988 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:30,080 Speaker 1: free apps are the next big thing. So you've got 989 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:35,520 Speaker 1: two b you've got Zoomi, you've got Pluto, you've got 990 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:39,600 Speaker 1: Roku free TV, and there's so many of these free 991 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:43,200 Speaker 1: TV apps and people like free if you don't mind ads, 992 00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:45,640 Speaker 1: these are all ads supported, and so you can watch 993 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:50,200 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of stuff. Dealer, No Deal, Bewitched, shark Tail, Bosh, 994 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:54,120 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of stuff, so they have a ton 995 00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,520 Speaker 1: of stuff to watch for free. And free V is 996 00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,040 Speaker 1: now available on Apple TV, So if you have an 997 00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,879 Speaker 1: Apple TV, you can now watch Amazon free V for 998 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,759 Speaker 1: free if you don't mind ads. But again, you know, 999 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,760 Speaker 1: especially with the increase of prices of all these streaming services, 1000 00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:12,560 Speaker 1: people are looking to free and so again if you 1001 00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:16,680 Speaker 1: don't mind advertising, which you know, broadcast TV it's been 1002 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:20,640 Speaker 1: supported by advertising forever. So again, streaming started as a 1003 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,520 Speaker 1: premium which it was all kind of paid for and 1004 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,760 Speaker 1: no ads. Now we're getting to this point where okay, 1005 00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:30,440 Speaker 1: we've reached a plateau on that, and now let's go 1006 00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,239 Speaker 1: to the next level, which is offering similar services but 1007 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:36,080 Speaker 1: for free with ads. And even Netflix said that they 1008 00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:37,640 Speaker 1: are going to look into that as well, So don't 1009 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,520 Speaker 1: be surprised if we see an ad supported version of 1010 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:47,960 Speaker 1: Netflix in the next year or so. Andrew says, good morning, Rich. 1011 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:49,560 Speaker 1: I would like to know what's your view on the 1012 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,880 Speaker 1: safest way to do banking with financial institutions. I have 1013 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:57,719 Speaker 1: a chromebook dedicated to only financial transactions with banks and 1014 00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:00,799 Speaker 1: investment institutions. Will that be safest? If show? If so, 1015 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,440 Speaker 1: what should I do VPN with available public Wi Fi? 1016 00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,920 Speaker 1: Will this be safest as usual? Thanks for your advice 1017 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:10,719 Speaker 1: in advance, Andrew. I would not recommend public Wi Fi 1018 00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:14,439 Speaker 1: for banking and financial stuff, but if you, let's say, 1019 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:16,680 Speaker 1: need to use this at a library or something, I 1020 00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:19,439 Speaker 1: would probably recommend using a VPN with that. I don't 1021 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,919 Speaker 1: think you need a VPN at home if you're using 1022 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,920 Speaker 1: your home Wi Fi. If you want to be extra safe, 1023 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:28,440 Speaker 1: sure you can flip that on. But I would say 1024 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,759 Speaker 1: at home, you are fine on your own WiFi as 1025 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,040 Speaker 1: long as your network's not compromised in any way to 1026 00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:40,279 Speaker 1: use your your computer and Wi Fi for banking. If 1027 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,600 Speaker 1: you are on the road, I would typically recommend turning 1028 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,960 Speaker 1: off your Wi Fi and going on cellular if you're 1029 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,919 Speaker 1: on your smartphone or using your smartphone as a hot 1030 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,319 Speaker 1: spot to do any sort of banking on the on 1031 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,600 Speaker 1: the go. So VPN is good when you're on public 1032 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:56,640 Speaker 1: Wi Fi or you're on any sort of Wi Fi. 1033 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,280 Speaker 1: If you're on your home network, it depends if you 1034 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,040 Speaker 1: it's mostly for privacy if you're on your home network, 1035 00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:05,400 Speaker 1: but if you're on a public network, yeah, VPN is 1036 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,520 Speaker 1: probably going to be your safest bet. I think that 1037 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,040 Speaker 1: if you're just doing standard things like surfing the web, 1038 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,120 Speaker 1: I don't think you need it. But if you are 1039 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,239 Speaker 1: doing anything that's a little bit more elevated. And this 1040 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,840 Speaker 1: is why employees most of the time use a VPN, 1041 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:21,040 Speaker 1: because they're accessing servers and things that you a would 1042 00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:23,439 Speaker 1: not be able to access without a VPN. But also 1043 00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:27,360 Speaker 1: the companies and corporations get that extra security of a 1044 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,040 Speaker 1: connection that can be trusted because it's their own connection 1045 00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:33,160 Speaker 1: versus the Hyatts or the Hiltons or who knows how. 1046 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,200 Speaker 1: You know, people will jump on any free Wi Fi, 1047 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,839 Speaker 1: but you know, be a little bit cautious when you're 1048 00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,800 Speaker 1: on Wi Fi because it's ninety nine point nine percent 1049 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,600 Speaker 1: of the time fine, but you do need to remember 1050 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,000 Speaker 1: that it is a public network that you are not controlling, 1051 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,720 Speaker 1: so there could be a security issue with that network. 1052 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:51,680 Speaker 1: Most of the time, there's not. Most of the time 1053 00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,040 Speaker 1: you're going to be just fine. But I would definitely 1054 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,400 Speaker 1: be weary. Is it wary or weary, I don't know, 1055 00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,640 Speaker 1: but I would definitely be on guard anytime connect to 1056 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,920 Speaker 1: a network that is not your own. But if you 1057 00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:06,640 Speaker 1: have a Chromebook, you know Chromebook is good too. That's 1058 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:08,160 Speaker 1: the other thing I'd mentioned is just make sure that 1059 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,640 Speaker 1: your software is up to date. So that's the other 1060 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:12,200 Speaker 1: big thing is that you want to make sure that 1061 00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:16,040 Speaker 1: you're using software that has been updated with security updates, 1062 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:17,799 Speaker 1: because that's a that's a big deal. You want to 1063 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:22,960 Speaker 1: make sure that your your exploits have been patched, if 1064 00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,400 Speaker 1: there are any on your system. All right, before we go, 1065 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:32,080 Speaker 1: final story, Uber Eats launching autonomous deliveries in Santa Monica. 1066 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,759 Speaker 1: This is super super cool. I have not been out 1067 00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:36,560 Speaker 1: here to check it out. I need to go stalk 1068 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,759 Speaker 1: this vehicle because Uber told me they would not do 1069 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,360 Speaker 1: a story with me, even though they were so excited 1070 00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:45,640 Speaker 1: to tell me about this. These companies, these tech companies, 1071 00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:48,360 Speaker 1: they love to be super secretive. Like they're all taking 1072 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,160 Speaker 1: a page from Apple with how secretive Apple is. But 1073 00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:53,640 Speaker 1: like Uber Eats was like, oh hey, Rich, We've got 1074 00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:55,799 Speaker 1: this cool thing happening in Santa Monica. And I'm like, 1075 00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,720 Speaker 1: oh awesome, Can I can we go do a story? 1076 00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,919 Speaker 1: Oh no, we're not ready to do a story. Oh okay, thanks, 1077 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:01,839 Speaker 1: So I just have to go out there and see 1078 00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,640 Speaker 1: this thing. But Uber Eats delivering from a place in 1079 00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:09,360 Speaker 1: Santa Monica a little health food shop called Creation Cafe. 1080 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:15,600 Speaker 1: They are using Hyundai's Ionic five all electric vehicles. Basically, 1081 00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:19,160 Speaker 1: the person orders the food, the place loads up the 1082 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:23,480 Speaker 1: meal in the backseat of the vehicle. The vehicle drives 1083 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:25,759 Speaker 1: all by itself to the person where they're you know, 1084 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:28,719 Speaker 1: wherever they ordered, and stops, and then the person gets 1085 00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,879 Speaker 1: a notification on their phone which allows them to open 1086 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,200 Speaker 1: up the back door of the car. They open up 1087 00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:34,840 Speaker 1: the back door, they pull out their food, and the 1088 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:38,360 Speaker 1: car drives off. Now, right now, this is happening with 1089 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,759 Speaker 1: a lot of robots in cities, so that's happening, but 1090 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,480 Speaker 1: those are robots. This is a car. And so this 1091 00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,960 Speaker 1: car is driving around delivering food to people for Uber Eats, 1092 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,640 Speaker 1: which is just like, oh my gosh, I can't believe 1093 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,399 Speaker 1: we're getting to this level. Now, I'm not sure this 1094 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:55,880 Speaker 1: is the thing that I need to check out. I 1095 00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:59,000 Speaker 1: think that the I think that the car still has 1096 00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,560 Speaker 1: a safety driver it because I don't think that they 1097 00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,640 Speaker 1: have the approval from the state to actually have this 1098 00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,600 Speaker 1: car operating without a safety driver. So I think there's 1099 00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,359 Speaker 1: either a safety driver or a safety you know, supervisor 1100 00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:13,839 Speaker 1: in the car. They're not driving the car. But if 1101 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:18,399 Speaker 1: they ever had to take over, they could, but Ubermotional, 1102 00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:21,920 Speaker 1: that's that's who's doing this, and basically they're just seeing 1103 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:24,359 Speaker 1: they're just testing this to see if it can work 1104 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,360 Speaker 1: on a broader platform, on a broader level. But again, 1105 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:31,840 Speaker 1: what's happening. We're seeing automation across so many industries. This 1106 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:36,040 Speaker 1: is clearly a way to automate things, to save money, 1107 00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,600 Speaker 1: to let these cars run twenty four to seven. There's 1108 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,680 Speaker 1: no fatigue of a human driver. It could be safer 1109 00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:44,920 Speaker 1: than human drivers in some aspects. You know, you hear 1110 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,680 Speaker 1: the stories on the news of the human drivers trying 1111 00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:50,080 Speaker 1: a French fry or taking a lick of someone's food. 1112 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,319 Speaker 1: That obviously can't happen if it's a robot. So but also, 1113 00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,840 Speaker 1: these companies are just preparing for a future where the 1114 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,399 Speaker 1: typical person may not want to do some of these 1115 00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:01,280 Speaker 1: some of these tasks anymore. You know, people are getting 1116 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:03,840 Speaker 1: more educated, they're getting better jobs, and a lot of 1117 00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:08,439 Speaker 1: these jobs that are sort of routine or monotonous, they're 1118 00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:12,720 Speaker 1: looking for ways for robots and automation to replace them. 1119 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:15,880 Speaker 1: Good thing, bad thing, depending on your perspective, I'm not sure, 1120 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:17,920 Speaker 1: but it is happening. I'm just telling you about it. 1121 00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying whether it's good or bad, but I'm 1122 00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:23,040 Speaker 1: just telling you what's happening. And this is definitely happening. 1123 00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:26,919 Speaker 1: I see it every single day in my reporting that companies, big, big, 1124 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,800 Speaker 1: large sale companies are looking to automation and robots to 1125 00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:37,640 Speaker 1: automate and streamline repetitive tasks and tasks that can be 1126 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:40,200 Speaker 1: tackled by a robot. I don't think humans are ever 1127 00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:45,640 Speaker 1: going away in any industry, but we are definitely changing roles, 1128 00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:47,880 Speaker 1: that's for sure. And this is just one of those 1129 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:52,000 Speaker 1: ways that the changing role is happening. All right. That 1130 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,840 Speaker 1: sound does mean it is the end of the show. 1131 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:56,439 Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode. 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