Texas Sues Allstate Over Illegally Collecting Driver Data; you might want to uninstall gasbuddy....

[@rossmanngroup]

Help me build the consumer protection database of the future that holds companies accountable in a _"you'll own nothing and be happy with no privacy"_ world.wiki.rossmanngroup.com Every video going forward will have an article written on wiki.rossmanngroup.com that goes over how it relates to the loss of ownership, repairability, and privacy. 1. If I get something wrong, you can correct me. 2. If circumstances change, you can update it. 3. If someone you know would be interested in this type of thing but does not like me personally/doesn't want to watch my videos, THIS IS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS FOR! The entire goal is to create something that is not written in my voice. Just the facts, no advertising, in a properly indexed & easily readable format. Contributions do not require registration. If you become a regular decent contributor you can register & talk to a mod in discord & we'll turn off captcha requirement & abuse filters for you, the chat is at wiki.rossmanngroup.com/chat

[@Steve_mos8541]

HEY LOU did you see the info i posted on discord wiki about FTC goin after john deere right to repair?

[@rossmanngroup]

​@@Steve_mos8541 yes

[@cawthorne6992]

I think it is definitely time that, We The People, take back our data rights. As well as we need to stand up to end plained obsolescence.! Enough is Enough! Thank you for all you do my good Sir!

[@Tech-N-Things]

hey Louis just wanna let ya know youtube unsubed me from you again....loads more people I gotta let know as well. I hate yt...leave my damn subs alone google.

[@TySchmidt]

Accidently left this video on 1x speed. Hang tight guys, working on a browser extension that automatically recognizes a Louis Rossmann video and adjusts the playback speed to .75x

[@rossmanngroup]

CocaineBlock It's really interesting how this works. I only got a few hours of sleep. People would think I speak slow because I'm tired, but in reality I wind up speaking twice as fast because I forget to consciously slow down and match the speed of everyone else.

[@VinegarPotato]

fakeblocks parent company

[@xp_pk]

I play it on 1.5x usually. Info overload is the way to go 😎

[@TySchmidt]

@xp_pk need to pause every few minutes to give your speakers a chance to catch up

[@foodflare9870]

\*Looks at extension that defaults youtube playback speed at anything you want that's set to 3x\* It doesn't have a Rossmann auto detector, but you could set your default on a specific browser profile and use that whenever you watch his videos. I've noticed that sometimes it gets deleted if I say the name specifically, but it's a Firefox extension that is an enhancer for a specific video website.

[@RoxburysFinest617]

Finally. Now go after the car companies for selling it in the first place.

[@_PatrickO]

The FTC under Lina Kahn went after GM for it. Just today there was an update in the news about their case against GM. GM and onstar will be banned for five years from disclosing geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies. They must also provide greater transparency and choice to consumers over the data they do collect. The FTC is planning to sue more car companies, unless trump's FTC chair pick puts a stop to these lawsuits. Another 4 years of Lina Kahn would have been amazing. The speed at which the FTC was bringing cases was accelerating and the FTC was getting wins. If we want more than what the FTC is getting, we got to vote for a better congress. Only congress can do more. It will suck if they "reduce" government by cutting things like the FTC. Having the FTC bring no cases would allow companies to violate all our rights.

[@daniellew7122]

It's not only car companies though. Some insurance companies while testing their own "car safe driving device" offered discounted rates to consumers that beta tested these devices. But over time these consumers eventually faced worse rates and eventually dropped from what I remember reading. So, while I agree, it's everyone imo

[@jsalsman]

It's just apps, whether they run in your car or on your phone. It's pretty valuable to insurance companies so I expect they will get better at prying it out of brokers and take the slaps on the wrist as a lot less expensive than not getting it.

[@funkingitup1805]

The car companies that own these data collecting and consumer infringing patents badly want to license it to every vehicle sold. There are already plans to equip all new cars with "kill switches" for "police", passive alcohol detection devices that will disable the car and possibly notify law enforcement, cameras facing the driver, etc. Since 2014, all cars are already required to have event recorders that can be used against you. I wish it was all a conspiracy theory, but do a Google search and see what is being proposed.

[@RoxburysFinest617]

@@jsalsman It more than just the app being used. Use google. The car companies are selling info to the insurance companies also. Every time you stop, start or hard break, they are selling this information to the insurance companies.

[@spiritmacardi9300]

I will say Louis, because of you I've actually started reporting companies to my local AG for deceptive practices. Don't know if anything will come of it, but I'm personally tired of being complacent.

[@QuentinStyger]

At least there's a paper trail in existence.

[@theace5707]

hero

[@Tea_1745]

Amen brother/sister!

[@Willster419]

How do you do that?

[@ferrumignis]

@@kamkilo Attorney General

[@CreativityNull]

I uninstalled gas buddy years ago when I noticed it was using a lot of my battery while never really being touched. I didn't know exactly what it was doing, but just generally figured it was nothing good. I'm very glad I did that.

[@DarkElfDiva]

Same. And I also noticed that it stopped recommending cheaper gas stations too. Huh, you know...I had a similar experience with Honey.

[@workingcountry1776]

I just go to gas buddy in firefox if i want to find gas stations out of town

[@BryanTorok]

So, exiting the app or turning off did not actually stop it from running? I would think that I only need to buy gas about once per week. I would start the app, find the info I need, then shut it off until next week. Are you saying it didn't actually do that?

[@CreativityNull]

@BryanTorok Correct, it would be running on its own in the background even if I hadn't touched it for a week. Keep in mind, this was several years ago on android, before they started really limiting how much apps could do in the background.

[@JPs-q1o]

"uninstall" gasbuddy? Isn't that just a website?

[@danh9002]

Unrelated to this video, but I wanted to give a shout out to you and your company. My sister had an issue with her external hard drive (the plug came off the board). I suggested that she contact your company and that you'd do a great job for a fair price. You guys quoted her a fair price for expedited service, and she is beyond happy! I just wanted to say thank you so much for your channel and your company. Keep up the great work!

[@rossmanngroup]

Thank you!! This means a lot to me. I can't afford the affiliate marketing that Drivesavers has, but word of mouth, like your kind words, is infinitely more valuable and rewarding!

[@Justice-Seeker]

Freaking wonderful hearing Clinton express his opinion on the new web site.

[@klukz]

Where is my "Louis was on caffeine" disclaimer before his video??

[@rossmanngroup]

That's normal speed. No caffeine, no sugar, no iced tea, no Pepsi. Just boring old water. Three eggs and an avocado for breakfast

[@randyrasmussen5320]

It seems to be working

[@DrEpicPhD]

You acknowledged his caffeinated state when viewing the thumbnail.

[@bradhaines3142]

you should know him and ben shapiro simply exist at 1.5x speed

[@workingcountry1776]

​@@rossmanngroup im a former Syracuse New Yorker. I never thought you were talking fast. 99% of people talk so darn slow for my brain that is overclocked most of the time.

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

I never for a second considered getting an insurance company tracker. Just another excuse to jack up your rates.

[@Kineth1]

They already jacked up your rates.

[@kaedatiger]

I did a little research to confirm my bias that it's a scam

[@johnnybaggins777]

Unfortunately, I found out that Subaru was selling my data as well from a newer car I purchased from them several years ago. So I went to their website and told them not to share my data anymore. And they proceeded to tell me who they were sharing it with, which included Liberty Mutual, which oddly enough happened to be sending me letters in the mail trying to get me to get a policy with them, which I thought was strange because I think they're like one of the scummiest insurance companies out there, so I would never go that route. And I really could not figure out for the life of me why they were approaching me from what seemed like out of nowhere. Terrible business practices going on rampantly out there it seems like every which way you look anymore. It's really sad and pathetic. Corporate greed is a real mutherfucl

[@KratostheThird]

The sad truth is they’re making it harder just to own a car. The days of buying a car like people did in the 1980’s and 1990’s and not getting any interference from corporations are long gone.

[@SandySez]

Part of the reason(s) I drive a 2006 car and use almost no apps on my phone, which I also barely use and don't even keep my location settings on, ever. I don't use my phone for maps or GPS, I don't make online purchases that use a 3rd party payment processor or even use any payment apps. I have NO financial or banking apps or info on my phone. I digress. it's easier to manage life without these things if you just never conform to it in the first place. it gets more challenging every day and I just keep doubling-down on my resistance and rebellion.

[@KratostheThird]

@@SandySez This is exactly what I mean. Even something that should be straightforward, like gym memberships, requires smartphones and for you to download an app. They took away clipboards, paper and being able to physically sign. So the smartphone is now a scanner, and they make you do a bunch of garbage that simply didn’t exist 20 years ago. It was much easier to sign a paper, give the person up front your physical cash, and just work out for the day.

[@johnnybaggins777]

@@SandySez I agree with what you say, Sandy. But I think living in the digital age, we don't necessarily have to live under a rock so to speak, to protect ourselves. We could still take steps to protect our privacy in the current age we live in although it can come as an inconvenience when we're taking part in this technological reality we currently live in. Another very helpful KZbinr that I like to follow is a Naomi Brockwell from Australia who delves in deep to try to help people sort out things in their life that might be hurting their privacy and such as opposed to helping them. People are so willing to use tools to make their lives easier, all the while unaware that these tools are actually exposing their personal information as per the terms they agreed to when they downloaded it. And people wonder why Identity theft is so rampant in the world. I remember a wise person once said that if something is free, then you are actually the product. This applies especially to all these wonderful social media apps that everybody is quite fond of nowadays.

[@SandySez]

​@@johnnybaggins777 So true! I think I've watched Naomi a time or 2, but I'll go check out her channel, thank you. I'm a tad 'old' and honestly just never dove head-first into the tech and new digital life as soon & fast as it rapidly unfolds. And what I did venture into (social media), I soon did not like. There are advantages to some of it and I try to utilize those to my benefit, but just keep it to a minimum instead of embracing it all haphazardly. And YES, you are so correct @ (many) people just jumping on every new app or program without thinking twice about the potential security risk or credibility of the company (&/or parent company) behind it. I mean some of us are still alive who got excited waiting 2 or 3 weeks for our Sears & Roebuck catalog order (which we mailed in) to arrive, and we were perfectly happy to have our entire legal name, address & phone # listed in the local, public phone book & Directory Assistance Operator by dialing '0' because NO ONE cared and NO ONE was profiting from it but the phone co who we happily paid as a voluntary customer. That's it .... I'm buying a horse and buggy and go live with the Luddites. LOL.

[@rohanvaddiraju4195]

Deleting GasBuddy and the account as I'm listening to this.

[@Studio23Media]

There's an opt-out in the app.

[@MrBluman999]

Do you trust them to not still do that anyway? ​@@Studio23Media

[@genericgarbagegamingchanne9466]

@@Studio23Media I have a jailbroken iOS device and it still collects and logs data, whether or not it’s posting it idk.

[@nekopop8159]

@@genericgarbagegamingchanne9466It could still use the physical device’s GPS tracker and other things

[@bartbasil3704]

Seconded.

[@CACNTRYAYC]

I always assume that every company is collecting my data. Why? Because they can and because it's profitable. "It's Better to Ask For Forgiveness Than Permission". If they do get caught, they say oops and get a slap on the wrist. They don't care.

[@Delgwah]

That’s why it I good thing to make random paths here and there,lol.

[@raketensven3127]

Dumbphones ftw.

[@russianspoon2367]

You know it's bad when Louis is talking at 2x speed

[@EpicNoob99]

I’m listening in 2x speed. So 4x Louis

[@MaximilianonMars]

​@@EpicNoob99 careful, any faster and you'll be in the future.

[@EZ-df1cm]

Must be his dealers birthday

[@dukejukem413]

I quickly regretted my decision to take a puff before clicking this video 😅. I was unaware I was showing up to class.

[@wildinllc]

It sounds normal at .9x speed

[@black487]

In a past career path I worked for Geico and Allstate. I also worked as a vendor for a dozen other insurance companies. Allstate was by far the most rapacious of the bunch. If it's any consolation, they also treat their employees as poorly as they do their claimants and insureds. I would never trust my premiums with Allstate even if the premiums were a fraction of their competitors. Because at the end of the day when you need a new roof or your car is a total loss, I'd prefer to have something rather than nothing.

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

Mike Rafi (one of the lawyers that likes to do yt shorts) despises Allstate. AAA hasn't raked me over the coals too bad yet.

[@6121819]

Allstate has the least integrity of all the insurance ive used so far. They didnt ask me for my new defensive driver certificate thinking i didnt renew and raised my rates. Despite me providing the new certificate and showing that my defensive driver certification never lapsed, they still refused to remove the extra charge for the previous months. Bascally, they will mess up and penalize you for their mistake.

[@KingUnKaged]

🎵Just like a stalker, AllState is there🎵

[@a9ball1]

I like it. I'm going to share it 😊

[@DrEpicPhD]

Unless you live in Cali.

[@VegascoinVegas]

Whenever my friends at Progressive start talking crap to me, I take their words and do something like that. "Send a Terminator back in time to kill my parents before I was born? I didn't expect THAT from an insurance company. Maybe I should." And I'm told that joke spread like wildfire at the actual Progressive headquarters. Everybody was having fun with that.

[@nashadkajr.3111]

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is watching

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Yet you shop in a corporate-owned store, and you can not find anybody to help you?

[@BigManEvil]

If you watch Louis at 2x speed, time reverses

[@SprDrumio64]

THIS LITTLE MANUVERS GONNA COST US 51 MINUTES

[@omnombrains]

I slowed the video down to 0.9 lol

[@JPs-q1o]

He sounds like that Rockwell Retroincabulator™ meme 😂 😂 😂

[@onradioactivewaves]

If it doesn't say micromachines, it's not the real thing!

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

No, that only happens at "Warp 10" according to _Star Trek Voyager_ in which you are everywhere in the universe at once. We know that Santa Claus is a lie, because if he really traveled to every home in one night, physics says that the friction would cause unbearable heat. I suspect something similar would happen if Louis was even capable of talking that fast. It would be like that old _Star Trek TOS_ episode in which some people or aliens or whatever, were so accelerated that they sounded like insects, and could not be seen, because they were moving around so fast.

[@heraldreichel1971]

Thanks!

[@UserLaq010]

Funny they mention life360. Im a helicopter tour pilot, we regularly do rapid accelleration, stop, turns, and fly at 130mph + I know several people with life360 who thought it was hillarious that they got driving alerts for doing 130mph

[@hochhaul]

When GM and Honda were caught collecting driver data, I warned everyone that their phone was already doing the same. They laughed, but it's basic common sense. Unfortunately, that common sense is in desperately short supply.

[@brendanberry7403]

Only way they should have been able to do it was if you gave them permission to find your location. Which I imagine most people did. I don’t trust most apps to have that option and so never give them permission. I always entered the zip code of the area I wanted to check. Not 100% but guessing that saved me from a lot of this. Uninstalled either way.

[@Krugis-Punk]

Rossmann go BRRRR against AllState on behalf of consumers. Now we we really are in good hands. Good stuff man, thank you for sharing. I hope your next rest is heavenly and rejuvenating.

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

The day personal data collection starts becoming something companies have to actually give people the option on collecting will be the day I do a little dance to celebrate, I'll do it too. Of course the day we all get fair compensation on the millions of dollars worth of info illegally gathered from us will be an even better day.

[@JPs-q1o]

The ChiComs will "compensate" you alright...more like decompensate you.

[@mathewgosney7607]

billions, there fixed

[@raketensven3127]

Keep dreaming. Imagine still having hope in this world. lol

[@ChrisBrown-si1vg]

It's great to see a lively Clinty again. Glad the vet stuff is helping.

[@KvltKvnt]

30 seconds in and he's already going Rap God on me with numbers & letters. Love it

[@JPs-q1o]

He sounds like that Rockwell Retroincabulator™ meme 😂 😂 😂

[@grabasandwich]

Did you see the Reddit post about the person whose Amazon fire TV unmuted itself during commercials?!

[@rossmanngroup]

I only watched that on my phone and I have to watch it again on a computer because it seems really jittery and it looked like it froze at one point. I have no idea verifying that that is real from what I originally saw.

[@mjasz4341]

Oh god that's like black mirror level evil

[@cloudyview]

It might be a bug - there's reports of it unmuting during shows as well, not ONLY during ads.

[@keepitrealandtoasty]

Thank you for what you do Louis . It is important that you keep spreading this information

[@BigJoeBabowski]

Big fan of your work ever since I first saw you ranting to Apple about putting in more effort than them to decrypt their bullshittery. Keep up the good work and God speed!

[@axeman2638]

You are a rare thing in this day and age Louis, a man with honesty and integrity. Keep it up.

[@Hohey2663]

Finally some great news surrounding the data collection from vehicles and vehicle manufacturers

[@toms7114]

Things that aren't core services of a product should be opt in, not opt out. If you buy a car, all data from driving the car should require you to explicitly opt in for anyone to collect it. If you buy an app any data beyond that required to use the product, i.e. the data you input manually, should require an explicit opt in giving permission to collect more than the bare minimum. Access to the services you pay for, either directly or indirectly through advertisements, should not prevent you from using that product if you choose not to opt in to having your data mined. In fact the 4th amendment of the constitution implicitly protects individuals from opt out data collection, it just hasn't been tested in the judicial system yet.

[@PURENT]

For privacy reasons there are application permissions you can allow or disallow, location data is supposed to be one of those things. But the problem is a lot of these apps just straight up don't work if you refuse them permission to anything. Words cannot describe how much I hate mobile apps.

[@amicaaranearum]

Ah, but for most of these apps, the _user_ is the core product.

[@robob4465]

@@PURENT Are you trying to imply that a calendar app does not need to use the microphone? Preposterous!

[@carbonunit6573]

Never give up Louis. You’re our only hope.

[@michaelcisco4642]

i listened to this on 2x speed and travelled backwards in time

[@JPs-q1o]

He sounds like that Rockwell Retroincabulator™ meme 😂 😂 😂

[@daniellew7122]

I love how fast you talk 😂 you're the one person I don't have to increase the video speed for that I watch on a regular basis

[@LPgmxDan]

For once I slowed him down to 0.8 rap is usually slower than him

[@goatmr2]

Thank you for building this. Consumer protection needs to be more in public consciousness and we need to hold our Congressfolk more accountable to us than corporate powers. Remember people to vote, write and call your congressional representatives. They pay attention. It is not a waste of time

[@ThomasLeonard454]

You don't live in komiforina as a conservative my letters, emails and phone calls are always ignored.

[@starlessstephtx]

I was definitely subscribed and I came here and was unsubscribed. Now I am back! Thanks for all you do!

[@robertw1871]

Some day there will be prison time for all the wiretapping laws that are being broken…. EACH instance is a felony!

[@joshuagibson2520]

We are beyond fucked.

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

Retroactively Amended Purchase Experience

[@joshuagibson2520]

@MidlifeRenaissanceMan nice. I like it.

[@williamspirralafton3143]

​@@MidlifeRenaissanceMan ima steel it!

[@harvardfootball]

Like 2:44 ?

[@MattyEngland]

​@@MidlifeRenaissanceMan 😂👍

[@anon-w8d]

Hey Louis, please take care of your health. Even just a few days break of actual, genuine relaxation can be great. Cortisol is no joke when you're swimming in it for years. Thanks for everything you do for people.

[@bryce_will_die98]

I refused to use the bluetooth thing and they doubled my cost of insurance without telling me. It went up from 150$ to 320$.

[@amicaaranearum]

So your data is worth at least $170/month to your insurance company.

[@OnkyoGrady]

Immediately seek quotes from competitors, using a broker (not agent) is a great way to do that quickly. They have algorithms that weigh your likelihood to cancel based on your reactions or not to small rate raises. If no reaction, rates continue to rise.

[@johnnyboy8498]

​@@OnkyoGrady how do you find a broker to use?

[@OnkyoGrady]

@johnnyboy8498 insurance brokers will loudly advertise the broker title, as an agent can only write for one company. As far as vetting one goes do the usual recommendation/review thing. Finding the company with repeat but demanding customers (rich people!) is always a good start.

[@Slitheringpeanut]

It's clear Mr. Clinton loves you. He's happy. You're a good man, Louis. Both for helping us with consumer issues and taking care of your family.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Thank you for speaking in 1.5x so I don't have to change the playback speed like i do for almost everyone else.

[@thatguyfrominvincible]

clinton successfully highlighted

[@paulstechcorner8529]

It is so difficult when our pets get older like that. You are good man as I can see you love your cat and you are taking care of him the way he should be taken care of. So I commend you for that as sadly to many people that wont do the right thing.

[@fokker1138]

It's great to see Clinton energetic and active.

[@901help2]

Hey glad Clinton is doing better! Thanks for the heads up on Gasbuddy..

[@Otizzy3399]

Thank you for the info! Deleted Gasbuddy immediately

[@johnnybaggins777]

A while back I remember downloading the gas buddy app and it was trying to make me agree to all these terms and I was like man I don't want this so I deleted it and I just went to their website because I was looking for cheap gas because the current political administration that's on its way out the door caused our gas prices to skyrocket. You got to watch out for these apps on phones nowadays because they sneak some permissions in there that allow them to take more than you would think they do or should.

[@Studio23Media]

There's an opt-out in the app.

[@Morncreek]

Make first sure to tell them first to delete whatever data they have on you (if it is available).

[@Otizzy3399]

@@Studio23Media Wasn't Louis's key point that there is no opt-out? @6:14

[@dmo848]

I really do love listening to this man spit straight facts. My kind of people.

[@YHK_YT]

0:20 LOOOOL leave it to Louis to compare fixing MacBooks with fixing humans LOOOOOOOOOL… at least humans have some public schematics

[@genjitsuka7474]

I think louis severely underestimates his ability of thinking and explaining himself at mach 5 speed

[@watsonwrote]

I appreciate the speed that Louis talks at. He's not wasting any of our time. I have no issue following along either; I know some people playback KZbin videos at at even faster rate that this lol

[@jesseamaya4594]

Thank you for all you do,(I saw that the FTC is suing John Deere recently BTW) bout I have to admit watching you interact with Clinton is just the icing on the cake, makes me smile watching you two interact.

[@jimc9516]

can we expand this wiki into Canada please?? actually, it will be very short, it'll just list the 3 telecom companies, the 5 grocery stores and 1 alcohol distributor in Ontario.

[@davewilson4493]

Is that "distributor" as in a monopoly selling wholesale to retail outlets, or a monopoly doing all the selling to actual consumers like it was back in the '80s (at least where I visited)? I remember doing a 4-5hr round trip drive to Hinton to buy beer when I was visiting Jasper on a trip to the Rockies and places westward and there was a strike at the sole Jasper liquor store. From my British time/distance viewpoint, that was just insane - I could have pretty much done a one-way trip from London to North Yorkshire to go caving in that time.

[@wills.5762]

@@davewilson4493 Ive worked all over Alberta and I dont think theres anywhere you can find yourself in the province in 2025 where you're that far from a liquor store. Ive worked so remote that I had to drive 1.5 hours one way every other day for gas, and the gas station served elk and bison. And had a liquor store. It wasnt the closest liquor store though lol

[@rossmanngroup]

Wikis don't have borders.

[@2025izSh-t]

Allstate moved into Canada too.

[@kwisin1337]

You are a true good internet guy. Im so glad you actually did that opening. my brain loved it...😅😅

[@spellcrafter23]

Looked at my gas buddy app. Seems it was disabled automatically due to me never using it. Re-enabled it and it can't connect to servers now... Uninstalled.

[@ericfielding2540]

Thanks for setting up the Wiki and upping the level of evidence that you expect for the things you discussed.

[@prabal34]

We just lost our 17 yr old tuxedo cat named Nana, and she was very similar in mannerisms and love like yours. She also had major mobility issues at the end, but we are grateful we got to spend Thanksgiving with her and she ate lots of food to her heart's content. I know you're doing very important work for the world, but please continue to spend lots of time with Clinty!

[@ThomasLeonard454]

Love seeing and hearing Mr Clinton.

[@kirbyyasha]

GasBuddy also recently updated their TOS to do forced arbitration and required an opt in to opt out. I emailed to cancel and delete my account.

[@greendayrocks559]

You're the only youtuber I'm subscribed to where I don't have to speed up the video. Thank you for talking at a pace that's good for my brain.

[@Toad_Man]

Babe wake up, some new informative and unfortunate news dropped

[@MBisFrenchy]

Omg septic shock I'm so sorry Louis that's terrible that it happened to someone you know. Hope they have a quick recovery.

[@shadowimagery]

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug..." - Rick James 🤣

[@jkobain]

Love this kitteh. And your effort too, indeed.

[@antoniomaye1865]

I hate any app that tries to implement “hard breaking”. I’ve had them go off while pulling out of parking spots.

[@ricky4673]

And dropping phone

[@brassmule]

I installed new pads and rotors on someone's vehicle the other day. To complete the procedure requires a test drive to burnish in the pads to the rotors and then allow them to cool. It requires multiple hard braking events followed by multiple moderate braking events. The car kept beeping at me during this, and I finally realized they had a device plugged into their ODB port. Whoops!

[@ricky4673]

@@brassmule They will not forgive those hard breaks. I've never heard of complaining about them and getting a positive result. Sucks

[@Amin_CA]

Louis is the only youtuber where I don't set the playback speed on 1.5x

[@RASAllusion]

This right here is why I think Congress should have went well beyond just TikToK and China (IE instead of just playing for case law on the backside, rather just being up front about the real core problem - The Information Collection being done by ohhh so many).

[@SandySez]

Ha @RASAllusion he darlin'! Fancy bumping into you here! 'tis a good place, Louis is me hero.

[@SandySez]

... btw, here's a copy of my curmudgeon old lady response I left under someone else's comment here, right before I saw you. .... "Part of the reason(s) I drive a 2006 car and use almost no apps on my phone, which I also barely use and don't even keep my location settings on, ever. I don't use my phone for maps or GPS, I don't make online purchases that use a 3rd party payment processor or even use any payment apps. I have NO financial or banking apps or info on my phone. I digress. it's easier to manage life without these things if you just never conform to it in the first place. it gets more challenging every day and I just keep doubling-down on my resistance and rebellion."

[@amicaaranearum]

Surveillance capitalism is fine as long as it’s done by American companies!

[@RASAllusion]

@ Always good to see ya Sandy.

[@RASAllusion]

@ I would say you spelled Communism (called "Democracy" today) wrong, but I agree with your sarcastic sentiment 100% ;)

[@AfternoonProductions]

This quickly became my favorite channel on youtube. I stand with Louis and Clinton on the anti-sh!ll and noncompliance with these deceiving BS companies.

[@L0id]

this is one of the only channels i have to REDUCE the playback speed

[@Holycurative9610]

I had a similar app in the UK and when cutting the grass I would get alerts from the Prudential saying I was driving extremely slowly as my ride on mower has a top speed of 4mph. 6 hours of 3-4mph was more than enough to set off the app as they assumed I was driving in a very large circle, I assumed they only tracked my driving when I was in the car where their small box was!!! I cancelled my insurance, destroyed their box and deleted the app....

[@Tall_Order]

Luckily, I never installed Gasbuddy. But I DID use the website on my pc once. Back when Hurricane Milton came through, and everyone was desperate to find a working gas station. It came in handy. I could say to the fam, "the 7 11 over on such and such street has gas and electricity, so let's plan a trip there". My browser is heavily protected from spying, scripts, ads, and such.

[@deathbydeviceable]

You "think" it's secure. Vpn's aren't even safe like people think. Anything with a port will bring unwanted sailors 😂

[@ghostdragon2593]

The gas buddy website is safe if you have your guard up like you, it's just the app that is shady.

[@Tall_Order]

Nothing is 100% safe, but in this use case, it's safe enough to deal with anything the gasbuddy website might be doing in the background. Recently tails os got hacked, so really, nothing is 100%. lol

[@Daeveux]

Best timestamps ngl that's efficient work right there. Got right to the point.

[@mikehartmann5187]

Wondering out loud why my new Bosche dishwasher needs to be ‘smart’ and connected to the interweb. Rhetorical question and all…

[@cherryjuice9946]

Hopefully it will still work if you don't connect it. My new HVAC wanted to connect, but I refused. It still cools just fine. The installation folks were puzzled and argued with me when I told them No. They told me I wouldn't get software updates. Like why would I want a software update? It should work as good as the day I bought it, so why risk giving me new software. I won the argument, and to this day, it's not connected.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@cherryjuice9946 people seems to have this odd fetish for updates, phones especially. i dont understand it. every update i do seems to break something. wether it changes my settings without notice or completely breaks a driver. windows especially is an offensive abomination and if i could make it never update again i would. 'security' has been a complete lie for decades anyway

[@amicaaranearum]

The tech analog to “if you don’t need to put it in your body, don’t,” is “if it doesn’t need to be connected to the Internet, don’t.”

[@busterhimen88]

Rossman, you're a good man. Go hard, we will do our best to help

[@funtechu]

Just a reminder, on any modern Android version, adjust the permissions of any app that uses location data to only allow using it when the app is active (no background use). It doesn't prevent everything, but substantially limits the potential harm.

[@YaGirlAlexhupp]

sadly some apps require it *stares at dexcom g6*, hate that they do honestly

[@ghostdragon2593]

Alot of non-techies never do this regardless of OS.

[@Alien-fv9gd]

notification access will triangulate your gps for you which is why they are constantly banging for your attention. have to also remove notifs completely

[@zbcc12]

Thank you Louis! THANK YOU!

[@peterwaugh9416]

Louis taking gibberish to a non tech person like me but I still find it entertaining. Seriously I used to watch board repairs & actually got a feel for what Louis was doing so I miss that & the bike rides around NYC.

[@bonaldisillico]

Keep it up, Louis. You stick it to them.

[@jaromirkrol3950]

The "Meow" moment comes at 07:33.

[@ESC2023]

What about a rental agency which was not actively looking for replacement tenants as agreed upon. The availability of the rental units shifted depending on the person. Namely whene original tenant me called to receive updates the unit was on the market and active as a listing but when a potential tenant reached out (a friend) the unit was rented yet as the States law states I needed to pay for the rental during the period and while not living in it. The rental was never put on their web page and no rental lawyer in the nearby counties would hear my case. I lost every ounce of faith America the year this happened to me.

[@midnight_perdita]

He talks so fast that sound barrier breaks

[@christophernewhouse5832]

He edited it at 2x speed which is why he sounds like that maybe to keep the video length shorter otherwise the video would have been 47 minutes

[@ideallyyours]

@@christophernewhouse5832 nah.

[@christophernewhouse5832]

@@ideallyyours Actually i think 1.25x not 2x but when i play a video like a podcast at 1.25x it sounds almost the same.

[@ideallyyours]

@@christophernewhouse5832 I'm denying that it's edited that way, some people are able to speak quickly and clearly.

[@christophernewhouse5832]

@@ideallyyours Thats true he did say he was tired i sometimes talk really fast 2 i read a couple comments below & assumed however i don't actually know be4 i reply i should get information from the source

[@perrythesylvester]

We appreciate you brother!

[@norcalcarnivores]

Thank you! Just deleted GasBuddy.

[@TheSuperHeterodyne]

Thanks for doing what you do!

[@marum3565]

Is there anything that doesn't remind you of 2010's Macbook repair?

[@Michael23459]

Louis is Doing The Lord's Work! I appreciate Everything you do Sir. God Bless and God Speed

[@QueenCaffeineAI]

So good to see Clinton having a chat and venting his frustration at forced arbitration and other important issues. The hero we needed!

[@Zodryn]

There are few videos that make me reduce speed below 2x. I didn't on this one but I did strongly consider it. Fantastic timestamps btw. :)

[@a9ball1]

The first thing I would do is pass a law that simply says personal identifying information can't be transferred over the air without prior approval. It should be easy because it's only wireless stuff. Then I would require opt out buttons. I thought you named it CAT because it spells cat, as in Clinton the beautiful kitty. I wish more places had your standards! WE LOVE CLINTON 💖

[@gbladewarrior6884]

Whats wrong with CP Wiki?. I think he just wants an excuse to change the acronym to CAT Wiki.

[@rossmanngroup]

Someone want to tell him.....

[@Vinni-2K]

whos gonna tell him

[@leandersearle5094]

Fine, I'll do it. CP stands for "kiddy prawn". And if this is taking a joke too seriously, you played a stupid game.

[@Kessoku]

WOOOOOSHH

[@Nyan4Eon]

It's an acronym for the game Cyberpunk 2077 and would be a trademark violation for their wiki

[@leftypistolero5983]

We love you, Mr. Clinton!

[@Gureiseion]

I'm suburban and already considering losing gasbuddy based on unsatisfactory user update frequency.

[@Ghostanon404]

Oh, so Big Corporations DONT value your privacy!? SMH Keep it up Rossmann! #HigherStandards

[@TestECull]

With how pervasive this shit ins in the modern world is it any surprise some of us just automatically shun a lot of tech? It is easier to simply not buy the new stuff than it is to opt out of the 17 different dataminers that come attached to every last device we buy. I'm good. Stick to my 54 year old truck, my 40 year old washing machine, 30 year old fridge, etc. It's impossible to avoid ALL of it, but I will avoid as much as I practically can, and the easiest way to do so is to simply avoid the tech containing it in the first place. No Internet of Things for me, no 'smart' devices. If eing a bit of a luddite is what it takes to protect my privacy in any capacity, then I'll wear the badge with pride.

[@christophernewhouse5832]

Louis anybody new to your channel is probably like i was in 2016 when i subscribed to you completely lost wondering whats going on at 2x speed good video i'm glad you make me aware of what could effect me negatively in the future so i can avoid or become apart of law suits to enact alterations within the greedy society i live in as well as fixing expensive apple/android devices intended to not ever be fixed while companies lie shift the blame get you into something that cost more after the initial purchase also there needs to be a law that creates a very easy way to cancel any subscriptions like maybe hold the escape button for 10 seconds then request users password afterwords shows every subscription i don't want to call a company

[@andmoreagain]

imagine driving a modern automobile

[@VitriolicVermillion]

I'm very glad for the work you do, and now, the work you organize for others to do toward the project. Also, I miss having a cat around :( it was adorable watching you play with sweet widdwe Cwinton! :3

[@hunterellis8986]

Septic shock, did their appendix burst or something?

[@purr_lude]

i commented this somewhere else on youtube. Many privacy policies have a clause that's essentially "you agree to us sharing your data with 3rd party advertisers, and as a result of this agreement, you also agree to that 3rd party advertiser's privacy policies. to see their privacy policies, visit their website". and then that company's privacy policies has the same clause. so it turns into this invite loop of privacy policies that you supposedly lock yourself into by just agreeing to one of them.

[@jozsefizsak]

You're a national treasure at the very least!

[@markthompson2079]

No sir fixing people is like pulling hens teeth!! Super hard for those that will not hear!! Myself i really appreciate everything you do!!!

[@Serketry88]

"Someone's suing car insurance companies." "Cool! Who?" "Ken Paxton." "Fuckdammit!"

[@AtomicNexus]

Broken clock and all that...