Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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After today's Daily Tech Update, this is amazing. I'm going to share with you this week's Saturday steals. It's just some of my favorite finds that will make life a little smarter, easier, and tech ahead, all at a great price. If you used an Android device on any mobile carrier back to November of 2017, Google owes you money. Here's why and exactly how much.
Six years ago, a group of angry Google customers filed a David and Goliath lawsuit. Their claim? Google was quietly using customers' paid mobile data to send information back to Google. effectively stealing data you paid for. And they did it while your phone sat idle, so you never noticed.
Naturally, Google denied everything, admitted nothing, and then quietly agreed to pay those customers a total of $135 million. You won't get rich. Most victims will see around $100. But hey, that's $100 Google hoped you'd never know they took. File your claim at federalcellularclassaction.com. That's federalcellularclassaction.com. And now it's time for your Saturday steals.
If you like tech that works hard and costs less, you're gonna love these. Now let's jump into some of my best finds from this week. And don't forget to visit my Amazon shop where you can find all my deals and recommended tech on demand. Just head to amazon.com slash shop slash Kim Commando. All right, let me give it to you again. Amazon.com slash shop slash Kim Commando with a K of course.
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Chapter 2: What settlement did Google agree to regarding mobile data usage?
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Zillow. I think we talked about this before, but we can dive back in. I guess you should be careful about what you put on Zillow or things you can find out there.
Actually, I Zillow people. I look them up because I want to see exactly if they are who they say that they are. So like, for example, I had a gentleman who wanted to do a deal with me and he was presenting himself as a successful businessman and all this other great stuff.
And then when I looked up where he lived, it wasn't quite what he portrayed as his house and the mortgage and the interest rate and some other things. And but when you Zillow people, you no longer have to do it the old way, meaning like you get their address and you just put it into Zillow.
Chapter 3: How did Google allegedly misuse customer data?
Now you're going to open up your favorite AI chat bot and whether it's ChatGPT, Claw, Gemini or Grok, and you're going to use a prompt something like this. I know someone who lives at and put in their address. Based on public records, what can you tell me about this person's financial picture? What do they likely pay? What do they owe?
And what does this home say about their income bracket and their financial priorities? Wow. Okay. Let me tell you, what it gives you back is something that you would never just find in Zillow. And that's the baseline. And then you do something else. You say, based on the neighborhood and the purchase price in this house, what kind of lifestyle does this suggest?
What would I likely find out about this person's financial situation that they probably don't advertise? The second prompt is the one that makes you feel like you work for the FBI because AI is remarkably good at connecting dots you didn't know existed.
Like, for example, when I looked up this gentleman's house and did all this work with AI, it came back and talked about priorities, that he probably likely had a BMW in the driveway when he should only be driving a Ford truck. And guess what he drove up in? A BMW. Okay.
Okay.
So it sounds like it's more than Zillow with other public records. That sounds like there's a lot of stuff out there that people may not be aware of.
Well, it's interesting that AI can connect dots that you may not have thought of before. And is it going into other public records? Maybe, maybe not. But it's really going into the assumptions that could be made based on how somebody is maybe more interested in a particular zip code. In this case, Paradise Valley, Arizona, one of the most expensive zip codes in the entire country.
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Chapter 4: What amount can Android users expect to receive from the settlement?
When he really could not afford to live in Paradise Valley based on the mortgage rates and everything that he had going on with this house.
In addition to that, he was more, what AI said, and I believe this to be true, he was more interested in having a home with a status symbol in Paradise Valley when he could have gotten a better house that was less expensive and maybe a neighborhood 10 minutes away.
Good to know. Good to know. And travel tips. A lot of people are making summer plans.
Chapter 5: How can you file a claim for the Google settlement?
They may still be getting their spring break in. What should they know there?
Well, first of all, let's start with every real TikTok vacation video that you post when you're traveling. It is giving scammers raw material that they need. AI can now clone a voice from as little as three seconds of audio. So when you're saying, hey, greetings from Cabo, your family back home may get a phone call and it's your voice and you're crying. You're in Mexico. You lost your passport.
You were in an accident.
Chapter 6: What are Saturday Steals and how can they benefit listeners?
You're in the hospital and you need $15,000 wired right now. You know, so here's what you want to do. Try not to post any vacation videos that have your voice or your image in it until you get home. I know that's really hard, but establish a family code word before you travel. One word that nobody outside your family would ever know.
So if somebody calls claiming to be you and can't say the word, it's a scam and then everybody knows.
And even, you know, I've heard about, you know, your cell phones, your laptops, and potentially those being searched as you travel, go through customs or Homeland Security, whatever.
Yeah, a lot of people don't realize this, is that when you're crossing to the border, your smartphone can be taken from you. And you could be asked by Homeland Security to open your phone, and then they can look at anything.
They can look at your photos, your texts, your videos, your documents, confidential files, anything that you may have on that phone, if they think that there's a need for them to look at that. And in addition to that, it's not just your phones anymore. Starting in January, it's basically anything in your possession. Maybe it's a GPS. Maybe it's a car infotainment system.
Maybe it's a camera, a SIM card. Maybe you're still carrying an iPod, whatever it may be, is that they can take a look at anything. So there is one thing that you can do is that if this concerns you, because maybe you are traveling with corporate secrets or what have you,
is that before you go into the customs area is that you power off your phone because the Homeland Security, they can't ask you for your passcode. So if your phone is actually off in order for you to open your phone, that you're going to need to put in your passcode, not just by biometrics. And so that's one thing.
Now, of course, there's a downside because if you're using your phone to get through customs faster, well, there goes that opportunity. Hey, if you love staying tech ahead, then you're going to love, love, love. I'm talking about my free newsletter called The Current. Join almost a million folks who get it every single day. It's quick, smart, and only takes five minutes a day. Yes.
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