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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. Just head over to commando.com. and on the top right, there's a button that says, email, Kim, fill that out, and that's it. Hey, I always like to kick things off with something fun and interesting. And the cybertruck, yes, it's getting recalled once more. Every single one of them. This time because of a windshield wiper. Yes. Their windshield wiper on a cybertruck is this giant four foot piece of metal and rubber. Well, turns out that it's not really working right. And so Tesla's going to replace it for free. But the entire wiper costs $165. Just a little fun fact for you. Now, this part of the press release was most interesting to me. It says that the recall affects almost all 11,688 cybertrucks out there. I swear that I thought they would have more of them on this roads. Wow. Just about 12,000. Hmm. You know, I don't get all this hate and sarcasm against the cybertruck. I mean, think about this. Slap a mini gun on the back, and really, it's Halo in real life. And on that happy note, welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Kim Commando, America's beloved digital goddess, here with you once more. And you're about ready to get more tech smarts, because every single thing is now a tech thing. And you can find my award winning show in over 420 top stations across the United States. And we're streaming in your favorite radio app, just search for my last name, commando. And you can also find us as a commercial free podcast over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Now, here at the top of the show, I have to say just one thing. You know, great sponsors help make this show possible, and I always, always negotiate money saving deals with them. So to see all the deals and the special links that you need, just go to commando.com sponsors. Alrighty then. Every single day, whether it's a work day, a weekend, or a national holiday, you can count on me to scan over 35 different sites and also speak to some industry insiders to make sure that we both know the most important tech news. And here are the top five things that are happening right now. And we're going to start with a Silicon Valley success story that no one, I mean no one saw it coming. A company called Nvidia. And if you don't know what it does, you soon will. And all of the wild tech success stories, let me tell you, there's been nothing like Nvidia before. It's shot to success has propelled the value of the company far past any other company. I'm talking like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, even Berkshire Hathaway. Nvidia is now the world's most valuable company, just edging past Microsoft. Depending on the day, it has a total market cap of $3.47. Trillion. Yes, trillion dollars. But what exactly does Nvidia do? Well, it's nowhere to be seen on the list of the most recognizable brands. And while you weren't looking, the company became the top manufacturer of chips that are used in gaming, crypto, your car, robotics, appliances, and wait for it, artificial intelligence. Let me tell you, Nvidia chips are everywhere. And the average net worth of an Nvidia employee with company stock is at least $10 million. All right, moving on to number two. Let's talk about how all the artists and writers whose work has been simply stolen from them to program the millions of AI algorithms can ever be compensated. See, here's the deal. When you look at chat, GPT, and all of AI through the eyes of those it has stolen from, you may look at it a new way. Okay, AI is fun, it's glitzy, it's futuristic. But perhaps AI is the single largest theft of intellectual and creative property in human history. Because let me tell you, no matter how you slice and dice it, AI is and always has been built on top of this Mount Everest size theft of just a ton of creative professionals. Hard work. But here's the deal. No one wants to talk about it. No one wants to take responsibility, no one wants to investigate it, no one wants to prosecute anybody. I mean, where's the Department of Justice? Where's the outrage? Who's going to pay for the victims? I mean, come on, why are we letting this theft just happen? Moving on to number three, let's talk about insurance companies. Wow. Especially those of you who are tuning in in California right now. I mean, insurers are worried about wildfires and floods, and they're just canceling homeowners policies. Yeah. Okay. I have a second home in California. I just got a letter. Okay. August, we will not insure you anymore because we are leaving the state of California. But now you can get canceled literally out of the blue, even if you don't have a home in California. Here's what's going on. A growing number of home insurance companies are just canceling or just flat out refusing to insure customers after using drones to photograph their homes. Yes, because the drones are exposing damaged roof shingles, backyards full of junk, overhanging tree branches, and you're going to love this. Swimming pools and those trampolines that the homeowners failed to tell the insurance companies about. So an invasion of privacy? Probably not. Almost all of us and our homes has been cataloged from the air. So remember, if it's out in the open, you can legally photograph it. And that's exactly what the insurance companies are doing. Moving on to number four. I don't want you to buy a new iPhone right now. Why? Because the iPhone 16 is coming. And unlike past years, the iPhone 16 is just not this minor update. Okay? The new iPhone 16 is coming in September or maybe October. And inside, we're going to have really, a Nikon or canon camera in terms of photo quality, effects, color, saturation, contrast and sharpness. And next, you'll be able to edit and even unsend messages on any phone, even if it's not an iPhone. But the big deal is AI. They're calling it Apple intelligence. It's not going to rely on the cloud and remote servers for these mundane tasks like reminders, your calendar, your contacts, and then for speed and security, all of that's going to be handled by what they're saying, Apple intelligence. Get it? AI within your iPhone. Now. Only when it requires information from the outside world will it actually reach into the cloud. Oh, remembering passwords is over. With Apple's new password manager and Apple's assistant, Siri will interface directly with chat GPT. And finally, Siri is going to get smart. They're saying with Apple intelligence, Siri will know the mood and the meaning of your questions and answer appropriately. Yeah, wait for that day to happen. And finally, this coming in at number five. With the COVID emergency long gone, can employers fire workers who refuse to come back in the office? Okay. It is an indisputable fact that companies work more effectively with employees back in the office. And that's why companies everywhere have just mandated return policies. Musk did it. So did Disney, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Citibank, Google. My company, too. But is this legal? In Connecticut, an office worker with a heart problem and anxiety was fired, even with his doctor's note after refusing to back into the office. Okay, now he's suing. Now, you have to know, before COVID this employee had no problem at all going back into the office. So this lawsuit is just one of many being filed across the country. Now, it's an uphill and expensive battle for the employee, and the outcome is not a slam dunk for the employer, either. But this is definitely one to watch. Which reminds me of what the heck happened to Glassdoor? I mean, if you don't already know, Glassdoor is a site where employees can post anything about any business, quote, unquote, anonymously. Okay, let me tell you, people used to come to job interviews with me all the time and ask about my Glassdoor reviews. I mean, for example, there was one in there that said that I would actually stand in the parking lot with a clipboard and track when people were coming and going. Far too busy for that. Plus, it's 120 degrees. I mean, oh, there's another one who said you are not allowed to laugh or have fun at the commando show. You ought to see the video that we posted in response to that. But the reason why I'm bringing it up is Glassdoor is now requiring all folks to register their real names in order to post reviews. Yeah. Cause Glassdoor was getting sued for all the anonymous reviews that were nothing but defamation. Glass door. What a pain. Yes. Ooh, good one, right? All right, coming up, we have some ways to catch those creepy Airbnb and Verbo hosts. Oh, burner phones. What are they good for? You're gonna be surprised. Oh, we have easy ways to get your slides and negatives right into your photo library. We have your terrific phone calls, and you have me, Kim. Commander, it's better over here.

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Kim Commando
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James
Hi, misses commando. It's nice. It's an honor to talk to you. I didn't really write and expect to talk to you, but it's an honor. And I appreciate, I have to say, I appreciate all the good tech stuff that you put out all the time to all of us.

Kim Commando
Well, you know, it's just you're an.

James
Inspiration and you're very educational to people all over the world. So I appreciate that. Anyway, that's why I wrote my note to you thinking that you would have been aware of what I had happened.

Kim Commando
Well, share the story with everyone.

James
Okay. We are small business. We're manufacturers, and we make things, invent things and make things. And some years ago, this happened to us. And then just recently, actually, yesterday, we are in the process of buying a piece of machinery from a vendor. And we had asked for an advanced invoice of down payment. So for this case, it was around $50,000 for the down payment, over $200,000 for the piece of machinery, and the. We got an email, and I say we got an email. It was sent to a number of people in our company, as well as names of people from the vendor company. And they, the email said something to this effect. Our banking procedures have changed. Our finance people have asked that you send a, your down payment for this piece of machinery to a bank account using an ach.

Kim Commando
Okay.

James
And immediately I was copied on it, and I saw this and I said, oh, this is not looking right. We wouldn't do that. We would only use a check. And so then I started looking closely at the email address, and there was, from the sender, there was one letter off.

Kim Commando
There you go.

James
And the people of the vendor company also had their names correct, but there was one letter off in that email address.

Kim Commando
You know what? Wait a second. I can't say. James, isn't that just so incredibly sneaky, that.

James
Oh, it's very sneaky. And it works.

Kim Commando
Yeah, because, you know, if you're not really paying attention, you're like, oh, okay, yeah, this is it. No problem.

James
No problem at all. And so immediately, I caught it before, I guess, anybody else, simply because I'd seen it before. We had been scammed before, and one of my employees got caught up. Well, two of my employees got caught up into it, and we. I think it was twelve or 13, $14,000 in that case.

Kim Commando
Yikes.

James
So I was. I wasn't particularly looking for this to happen, but it happened. And, of course, we didn't send the money. And of course, I called the vendor immediately. And of course, they verified that they had not changed bank accounts. And I pointed out that the email addresses for the sender of this email was one letter off. Very tough to see in the, you know, in the email address. So they verified that they had not sent that. And of course, we didn't. We weren't about to do an ach for $50,000.

Kim Commando
Right? Because you know what? You'd send that off, you'd never get that money back. You'd never get that money.

James
You don't get the money back. And my question to you in my email was, had you been aware of this and had a particular FBI number to call rather than local police? And that was thinking that since you seem to know everything, maybe you had come across this and could give us advice as to how to do it, except obviously not pay the bill to the wrong address.

Kim Commando
You know what? Here's the deal, James, is that it's a pretty common scam that's happening right now, and they're targeting small business owners just like you. Like, for example, I have a boat, okay? And my husband got an invoice for something at the boat works, you know? And anytime you talk about anything with a boat, I will tell you right now, it's like $5,000. It doesn't matter what it is, okay? You need to replace the paper towel holder. It's $5,000. You know, the air conditioning doesn't work. It starts at $5,000. Okay? So we get this invoice, and of course, me being the money person in our relationship, okay, it's like, what the heck is this? You know, do we really need this? And blah, blah, blah. And then it turns out that the boat works. They had actually gotten hacked, and they were into their Quickbooks account, and they were trying to scam people for money, much like what they're trying to do to you.

James
And so was it with an ach or was it with a check?

Kim Commando
Oh, no, it was ach. AC was AC. Okay. Because, you know, once we get that money transferred, there's no coming back. Right?

James
So it's going. Yeah. Yeah.

Kim Commando
And so you did mention the FBI. The FBI has something called the Internet crime complaint. Complaint center. Ic three dot Gov. Ic three dot Gov. And this is where you provide all the detailed information about a scam that has happened to you, whether it's for your business or your person. And then you might be thinking yourself like, oh, my gosh, this is the FBI. They don't care about James in York, Pennsylvania. Okay. Yeah, they.

James
Except for our taxes.

Kim Commando
Well, of course, man. Though they ever. All of a sudden, it's like, oh, yeah, we love you, James. We love you so much. We love you for a long time. You need to give us more money. But anyway, here nor there is that. I actually spoke to the director of the FBI and I was like, come on. You know, just between you and me, just. I'm not going to tell anybody. Do you really look at every single thing that gets sent to you through IC three dot Gov? And he said, yes. What they're trying to do is to come up with some type of pattern. I would notify your bank, even though you didn't fall for the scam, I would just let them know to be on the lookout for any type of suspicious activity. You mentioned local law enforcement. It's always good to just file a police report just because you never know, you know?

James
Right.

Kim Commando
And then I would also contact your state's attorney general because maybe this is happening throughout the community, and then you might be able to just go ahead and spearhold something that. That more people may be falling for. And then by collective in the community, that you can identify who this is, where it's coming from, which it's. I know it's so hard because it's nothing. You know, let's just face it. It's probably not coming from somebody in Chicago. It's coming from somebody, uh, in the Stan states, you know, uh, somewhere in Europe, somewhere in, uh, India or China or wherever it may be. Uh, but hopefully, you know, if enough people do say, hey, this is what's happened to me. Here's the IP numbers. This is, uh, some headers out of the email. Whatever it may be, is that the FBI. FBI may be able to go ahead and find these people and then prosecute them, put them out of business. But you are really smart for calling me, and thank you for that and super smart for identifying the mistakes that have been made, because most people probably wouldn't. James, thank you for your call. All right, this is a common question that we get here on the show. And also in my inbox, if you're over 25 years old, there are probably slides or even 35 millimeter negatives. Of you somewhere. That's about how long it's been since photography really started to go digital. So the easiest way to scan these slides and these 35 millimeter negatives is to use your phone and an inexpensive kit that you can buy or you can make. I mean, let's start by buying, because that's the simplest. It's called Kodak's mobile film scanner. It's a small box that you actually put together. Here's how it works. You place your phone on the top, and then the slides or the negatives go on the inside. It has a built in, battery powered led backlight that illuminates the old films and slideshow and then puts them right inside the free Kodak app. It's not expensive. It's about $35. So if you want to save some money, let me tell you, it's cheaper to make the film and slide kit all by yourself. There are just a ton of how to tutorials over on YouTube. Just search for a DIY film scanner. Once again, that's DIY film scanner. Now, if you just have tons of slides, tons of negatives, and you're like, I just don't want to touch this at all. I just want to put it in a box and I want to mail it off to somebody. Well, it's gonna cost you a lot more money, but that's where you want to use sites like legacy box or imemories.com. but again, be prepared to pay. All right, stay right where you are. We have some ways to catch those creepy Airbnb hosts here on the Kim commando show, a tip that you definitely don't want to miss. It's better over here.

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Kim Commando
All right, before you even think of going to an Airbnb or VRBo, I have to tell you about how you can check for hidden cameras because it's just creepy. It actually happened to me. I mean, I rented a place on Airbnb and then I started looking around. I'm like, there are cameras everywhere, everywhere. And then later on, what are burner phones and what are they really good for? I bet you're going to be surprised by that answer. And before we go back to all of your phone calls, let's talk about if you're sitting on your butt all day in front of a screen. It's just really bad for your health. So here's how you can start taking some screen breaks. First for a week or two, find out what you're really doing during the workday. The best way. I know it's not fun, but it's to keep a log of what you do and when you can make a list. Or better yet, there's an app called Rescue Time and you might want to check that out. It automatically tracks the programs you use and the website that you visit. And then from this list, hopefully there are things that you can delegate or maybe just totally get rid of altogether. You can also set a timer to take a break every 30 minutes to get up and just move around. Your smartwatch or your fitness tracker has settings to nudge you, too. But if you're more likely to silence the reminders, then get up. Well, there are apps that go the extra mile. They're actually going to lock you out of your computer on a schedule that you set. I know there are so many of you that are like me. That's like, I'm just going to note it. I'm just going to push that off to the side. Let's forget about that for just a little bit. So here are the programs for us, okay? On windows, it's called work rave. Like a rave party, but not work rave. And on a Mac, it's called time out free. Once again, that's time out free. Hey, listen, if you ever have a question for me, and you're just too shy to maybe come on a big time radio show, I get that. Just head over to commando.com. and then up at the top there's a link that says, ask Kim. I read every single note that you send me. All right, let's go back to the phones now with leather in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hi there.

Leather
I am so thrilled that you. I really admire that you are such a great role model for women, you know that? I mean, I think I have so much respect for you for that.

Kim Commando
Well, thank you. From one Jersey girl to another, that means a lot.

Leather
And as you probably already know, I have been a youtuber for over twelve and a half years. I love the platform there's something about being able to grow with an audience, being nobody and letting them into your life and maybe teaching them a few things, showing them your mom. I have an old mom, she's 83. Sorry, mom. Don't kick my butt. I have cats. I like to, you know, show some positivity.

Kim Commando
Awesome.

Leather
But I need to back it up. I realize that, you know, just because it's up there doesn't mean it's going to be there forever. And since they keep on getting stricter and stricter with how we're allowed to approach content and even some of the things we're allowed to talk about, occasionally they have even taken my stuff down and realized, you know, what if I don't have a copy of something and decide to go bye bye, I'm kind of in a little pickle.

Kim Commando
Yeah, you are.

Leather
So. Yeah, and I realize you should have things they say duplicated like three different ways. Yeah, three different ways. I tried getting one of those portable. No, it wasn't portable. It was a seagate expansion drive. And it's supposed to be a desktop thing. And the thing is, those things are very fragile. And I knocked off my desk a few times, only 3ft on a carpeted thing, and the thing went bye bye. It went, it got the so called air force burial, if you like. Father was a Korea war back, so. Yeah, and I'm kind of rough with my stuff. I film using, I have right now a Dell Inspiron 15 laptop. I actually don't have a cell phone yet. You're talking to me through my landline. I don't have, I don't have a cell phone yet. So.

Kim Commando
Now wait a minute. Okay, let me get this straight. Okay? You have your YouTube channel, but you don't have a smartphone? Oh, come on. Really?

Leather
Seriously? I carry a laptop around. I've had tablets around. I really, I'm a little, I'm not the highest tech person in the world, but I use a built in webcam occasionally. I've tried Lavalier mics, but they don't even always work. So. But I've been doing this and, but I need a way to back it up in such a way so that if I can, I can transfer it to other platforms.

Kim Commando
Okay. Well, you know, it's really, it's really not that hard. It's relatively simple. You go to takeout dot google.com dot. Once again, that's takeout dot google.com. and that's where it's going to show you all kinds of stuff about your Google account and then you're going to say, oh, wow, takeout, meaning, I want to back up my YouTube channel. If you had YouTube music, you could do that, too. And then it's just going to give you all kinds of step by steps on how to create this video archive of all your stuff. You do need a good external hard drive. Happy to suggest some that you might want to take a look at on Amazon for you. But generally speaking, I'm a fan of western digital drives. They're simple to use. And my passport is something that you might want to look at. And then the three, two, one. Okay, so now you have it on YouTube. Okay. Then you also have it on, you know, on external hard drive. And then it's up to you. Maybe you might want to upload your videos over to, say, Dropbox or someplace like that. But, you know, as far as, you know, dropping things. All right, well, you have to be careful with that. Okay. There are cases that you can put the drive in, but I would suggest, since you know, that you are susceptible for dropping things, or maybe it's the cats, I'm not sure is that. Start looking at your arrangement, and especially if you're carrying your laptop around, you know, make sure it has a good case and good things like that. So if you need some recommendations on some hard drives, just let Annamarie know. She's screening our calls today. I'm happy to, you know, put some recommendations over on the websiteommando.com, not just for you, but for everybody else. And again, that site to back up your YouTube videos, it's takeout dot google.com leather. Thank you for your kind words about being a woman from Jersey and being a successful entrepreneur. I couldn't do it without you folks. Wow, I couldn't imagine walking around today without a phone, could you? Oh, I don't know how she does that. Let's see. Tom in Memphis, Tennessee. Hi, Tom.

Tom
My question is, a lot of times when I go to the doctors and I read their privacy form, when I'm reading it, it says that they have the ability to sell my information to advertisers. And I tell them I don't want to sign that paperwork. And they said if you don't sign that paperwork agreeing to that, then they can't see me.

Kim Commando
Okay, right. Well, under HIPAA, right, it's called protected health information Phi. And under HIPAA, they have to tell you this, that they are going to get your explicit authorization for them to do anything with your materials and sell it for marketing purposes. But they. But they can't do it unless you say, yeah, it's okay.

Tom
So what happens is they say if you don't sign that piece of paper.

Kim Commando
They don't want it. They don't want you. Yeah. They don't want you as a patient. Right. Okay.

Tom
Right.

Kim Commando
You know, it's a fine line. It really is. You're probably only one of 10,000 people that actually read the privacy policy. Everybody else just goes, sign, sign, initial, initial. Yes. I'll pay you. Leave me alone. When can I see the doctor? Right. Okay. So what you can do is you can ask them why it's needed. You could also ask them if there's a way for you just to opt out. You know, at so many doctor's offices now are asking for your Social Security number, especially when it comes to kids. And, you know, with my son, I'm like, you know, why do you need his social? I mean, what are you going to do with it? Because I am responsible for the bill. You know, unfortunately, they probably are part of an epic system, which is the whole hospital wide medical care system. I'm talking about the backend computer systems where. Where that's probably built into the system. And there may not be a good way to opt out. But it's an interesting question. You know, let me do some homework on this, Tom. Let me see if there's a way that you can.

Tom
You'll love this part. So I read the phi, and it says that you can opt out, but you need to sign. It has to be in writing. You have to mail it to them, and then they have the right not to honor what you're opting out.

Kim Commando
So you write them a letter, and they say it's up to us to say yes or no.

Tom
Yes. That's what it says. That's written policy.

Kim Commando
Oh, gosh, I'm glad you told me that. That seems really wrong.

Tom
Okay, so I have one of the brochures that says that, and I'll be happy to send it to you when I get a chance to do that.

Kim Commando
You know what? I would love to take a look at that. This sounds like something that I should bring to our local congressman and say, what's going on with this man? How do we get around this? Because the sale of our data is just so pervasive, isn't it?

Tom
It's unbelievable. It's provided when you have a referral from your doctor to the next doctor. The amount of information that goes, that goes by facts, that is laying on the fax machine, is. It's all your data.

Kim Commando
Yeah. It's not just facts. It's also because of this epic system that they all talk to each other. You might find this interesting. It's probably a report that was done. Oh, gosh. I want to say four or five years ago, Tom, that it was about epic systems and how it was developed and how many hospitals actually really use it. You might be able to find it on YouTube, on the CB's. You ever watch CB's Sunday morning?

Tom
Yes.

Kim Commando
Okay, so it was on CB's Sunday morning, I want to say, like four or five years ago, where they talked about epic system and all the data and where this stuff is going and who is behind it and who actually found it. It's a woman, by the way, a computer scientist who put all this together. And she is a true billionaire. And I. I think she was like 75, 80 years old. And she's going to work every single day because every single day. Sharp as a tack. I'm like, yes, love that. Send that off to me, Tom. I put you on hold and we go ahead and give you an address where you can mail that off to us or email, whatever works for you. And thanks for your call today. All right, let's switch gears a little bit and let's talk about your privacy. And this tip has been brought to us by here.com Kim. All right, after years and years of creepy host doing who knows what, Airbnb did put an end to the weirdo indoor security cams. So Airbnb says that they're now preventing any security cameras inside vacation rentals. All right, we're all hoping that this is curtains for those weirdo hosts, but don't bet on it. You know, there's too many creeps in the world. I want you to do a quick scan for any hidden cameras, and here's how. First, turn off the room's lights and scan for any small green or red leds. Night vision cameras blink or shine in low light. Then check for any one way mirrors. With hidden cameras, what you do is you shine your phone's flashlight through them. If one side of the mirror is more brightly lit, you have a problem. Next. This is really important. Check the devices connected to the rentals wireless network for anything strange. Now, if all of this is just totally freaking you out, you can pick up a hidden camera detector on Amazon. They're not expensive. They're about $50. And if you're looking for my recommendation on them, just head over to commando.com. and in the search box, just type in a hidden camera detector. All right. Still to come, we have more of your phone calls, as well as a great tip about burner phones, why you might want to start looking at them here on the Kim commando show.

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Kim Commando
Hey, let me tell you, the best way for me to continue to grow the show is for you to just tell one person. That's it. Just tell one person, you know, and just say, I love the Kim commando show. And you will, too, and send them over to commando.com with a k, of course. All right, back to the phones we go. Rebecca in Salem, Oregon. Hi, Rebecca.

Rebecca
My problem is that when we go traveling in our travel trailer, we have dish network at home. And so we have the dish that we take with the trailer. Problem is most of the parks you're going to be in have trees. And it's really hard. Either don't get it or you got a string of wire a long ways out, or you get very, very few channels for all the money that you're spending on dish. I see things about streaming. I don't have a clue what in the world that really means. Another problem we have is a lot of the areas we go to are quite remote, and so we have no Internet. And I just didn't know if there's anything other than just going to bed at 730 every night. So not like we want to be, but it's just kind of nice to watch a few shows.

Kim Commando
Okay, so here's. Here's what you can do is that you have something called offline viewing. And so let's say, for example, do you have Netflix?

Rebecca
Yes.

Kim Commando
Okay, so with Netflix, what you can do is you just go to the movie, and then in the three dot menu, there's going to be an option to download the movie, and then you can download the movie. Not all titles are available for download, Rebecca. So the whole idea is. So even though it's streaming, is that when, before you guys head off for your next adventure, is that you go onto Netflix and you download some movies onto your tablet or on your laptop, and you can do this on Amazon Prime, Disney plus. And again, you just go to the show, the movie and there's going to be a download option. It's a pretty decent selection. Now the big benefit, of course, is that you don't need to have an Internet connection to do this. It's really sweet. Now if you're finding that your laptop, your tablet, your phone or whatever gets overloaded, is that that's when you can buy an external hard drive and then you can also maybe even connect that up to your tv if it supports media playback. So you're just going to download these movies and so we're not going to be streaming. We're not going to worry about any Internet access. You can get all the shows that you might want and maybe like, you know, pick a series that was really where you guys like laughed a whole bunch maybe 20 years ago and then you can rewatch that type of stuff. But we're not going to worry about having a Wifi booster, a separate antenna, a local sim card, whatever it may be. You know, the easiest way to do that, this when you're camping is to find whatever movie that you want, unless you want to do dvd's, which, you know, that's always an option, but just to find the movies on whatever service that you're looking at and then you're going to go ahead and download it. Now keep in mind it's going to give you different options to download it. You know, depending upon space, you may not need one thousand eighty p seven hundred twenty may be just enough for, you know, whatever tv that you have in your travel trailer. So if space is an issue, just keep in mind that super HD may not be for you. That 4K movie probably too much, but the 720 may be all that you need in order to now go to bed at 730 and still have some laughs and have a nice glass of wine. And Rebecca, if you need any help afterwards getting this all set up, just search the website for offline viewing. That's what it's called. Yeah, technical term, offline viewing. And thank you for your call. Hey, whenever you need a second phone number, second phone number. You know, Google Voice is free and it's actually really terrific. I have it on my phone and just go to google.com voice. Once again, that's google.com voice to sign up. But let's talk about burner phones. They get a bad reputation. The truth is this, you don't have to be a person on the run to need one. They're cheap phones that you pay for with a specific amount of minutes in mind. There's no address attached to them, you can't trace them down, and it's perfect for criminals. Of course, you just toss them the fire when they're up to something no good. But there are lots of practical uses, too. You can use them for the same reason that the bad guys do. Privacy say, for instance, you need to put your phone number online. Well, that opens the opportunity for you to get spam calls, texts from weirdos on your personal cell so you can get a burner to post a number online instead. Or how about this? What if you forgot your phone in the middle of an emergency? Well, because of an FCC order, all mobile phones must be able to call 911. So you can keep a burner phone in the back of your car, the bottom of your purse, so you always have access to emergency services. And just a reminder, make sure that you enter to win that $1,000 gift card@winfromkim.com. dot this program is a copyrighted production of Westar multimedia entertainment and protected by the copyright laws. Any rebroadcast or use of this program for commercial, business, economic or financial purposes without the written permission of Westar multimedia entertainment is strictly prohibited.

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