There’s quite a few websites I use that require cookies be enabled. But my computer is configured similar to yours, so it automatically erases them daily. I don’t think Google knows much about me, but sites I use where I’m required to log in with a user ID probably do.
I was making a joke… Google would never let that information appear in searches.
Here is an example that is 7 years newer than the one you posted. I found it using DuckDuckGo.
They will know your activity on that website. But tracking cookies keep track of your entire browsing history. That website (lets say Amazon) isn’t going to know about my 60" TVs I searched for at Best Buy yesterday without tracking cookies.
I’ve written cookies. They are useful for our clients that use our software. We’re not tracking anything…just used for monitoring our software that’s installed on their systems. So, some cookies are good. It’s when they’re abused that it becomes very bad.
+1
But, I clear my computer of cookies once a week or so. Yes, I have to sign in again the next time that I go to certain sites (such as Car Talk…) but the less tracking the better.
Most of us have family and friends who could need to reach us in an emergency. Perhaps you don’t.
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I won’t do any hand-held stuff with my cellphone while I’m driving, but Android Auto gives me a pop-up on the video screen if I get a text. If the text is from someone whom I know, I will pull over, read the text, and decide whether I need to respond with a call or a text… or not.
When the pop-up tells me that I have a text from Nixle (the service used by the county police and all of the local PDs), I will also pull over in order to read it because those texts are usually notices about sudden road closures due to accidents, flooding, downed trees, etc. If I had my phone turned off, I would be left in the dark, and would likely wind-up in traffic jams that were otherwise avoidable.
Other reasons why I keep my phone with me–and turned on at all times–are that I use the phone’s pedometer function to monitor my walking pace/distance.
Additionally, the security cameras around my house are linked to my phone, and I get a unique notification sound if they detect activity around my house. In addition to more obvious security issues, this way if a package is delivered to my home while I am away, I can decide whether to go home to retrieve the package right away. With the prevalence of porch pirates, this is a very nice feature to have.
None of this would be possible if I had the phone turned off.
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I believe the Mitsubishi Mirage still offers an in-dash CD player.
Does the Mirage still have a manual trans option? Now that Toyota has eliminated that for the Corolla, I need to find a back up.
If you want one, you should rush to buy it a.s.a.p. because this model is being discontinued. A sales decrease of 57%–year over year–makes it impractical for Mitsubishi to continue to export them to The US.
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/18/small-cars-20k-discontinued-suv-trucks
2022 model year was the last Mirage with a manual trans.
Some of us may remember a time when there were no portable phones or security systems. People somehow seemed to get notified.
Yes I admit I get a little apprehensive if I forget my phone. One time I was hauling stuff to the dump and my car wouldn’t start. I had no phone then and had to humble myself to a nearby cabin to use their landline. No problem, except the $800 cash to get my car back. Anyone tell you small towns are cheap, needs to reconsider. At any rate now I’m fully phoned up.
I spent over $700 this year to change the control panel and thermostats for my furnace so that I could monitor it from afar. I suspect at some point I will put in a camera or two. Just don’t like the thought of everything being stored in the cloud with access to who knows who. Are you listening Amazon? No rush though.
The system that I use stores the video on an SD card in the control unit sitting in my family room. Once I have reviewed the footage, I delete it, and there is no record of it… anywhere.
Hmmm. So you can access the video off site? Do you use Wi-Fi then or the phone access? Mind saying what system that is?
I’ve looked at bing, etc. a while back. At one time I wanted an inside camera to monitor temp but don’t need that now. I guess just outside which would be public anyway pretty much.
I use Wyze cameras - there are quite a few options. You can access them remotely through the Wyze app on your phone to see historical footage and the cameras tag any movement they see. You want that stuff stored in the cloud so someone that breaks into your house can’t just grab the cameras or control unit and destroy the evidence. Most events are stored in the cloud for 14 days according to Wyze.
Yup!
If available, I use Wi-Fi, but I do sometimes have to use T-Mobile’s regular signal.
It’s the Panasonic Home Hawk. The kit includes a front door camera that announces “Premises under surveillance” when somebody approaches the front door, and it allows me to remotely talk back & forth with someone at the front door.
It also includes two other cameras that don’t talk, and I have one of them aimed at my driveway area, with the other pointed at my back door. You can add an unlimited number of extra cameras if you wish to purchase them.
People are fools. With all the need to save money, and reduce pollution, small cars like the Mirage should be selling like gangbusters. It is really a shame that they aren’t, and now future car buyers won’t even have the option.
I am fortunate to live in a place where cars don’t rust, so I can find a working 20-30 year old car for sale without too much difficulty, but for a lot of the population, anything over 10-12 years is crumbling due to rust.
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My apple carplay pops up text message also. Then I click on it, and it reads it for me. When done it’s asks if I want to replay. If I say yes…I just talk. When done it repeats what I said, then asks if I want to send it.
I can make a call by saying by pressing the phone button on my steering wheel and then say something like “Call Home”. I can answer a call, by pressing the phone button when someone calls. All hands free.
I keep phone and Apple Watch for that. Monitors miles walked. Heart-rate too.
Same here…Also my garage doors. I can check status of doors. I can also open and close the doors from phone.
Unfortunately, that trick doesn’t work with my Samsung Galaxy S21/Android Auto.
My first “smart” phone was a Nokia something -or-other, and while it was pretty primitive overall, it would read my texts to me via the Bluetooth connection in my old Outback. I was surprised to learn that the more-advanced S21 can’t do this.
People also have FAMILIES that need more room. I own a Highlander. My next SUV will probably be smaller since we’re now empty nesters. But I still need something that can tow for camping. We’ll see when the time comes. I only have just under 200k. Still a long ways to go.
Also, people have gotten used to driving more powerful cars and likely don’t want a car with such a weak engine. Personally, I wouldn’t want to be driving a car like that on an expressway entry ramp. Also, its handling is… not very good.
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