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I can't imagine it's easy to install/remove. So what a waste of a pickup cargo bed. If this is what someone wants, probably better to get an Explorer or Expedition (if sticking with Ford) and go with a rack mounted tent platform.... OTOH, looks like something the boys did a few years back on...

Hadn't seen that video. Interesting. Anybody in the forum able to confirm or refute the dude? Worth it to check out?

Good on you, sir! To the dealers I'd say, "What audacity! Have you no shame?" But since most people just roll over refusals like ours are (too) few and far between. They do it b/c they can easily get away with it.

I have this bracket on my 23 Tremor. Was wondering what it was too as I was installing the NOCO 2D.

Well, at least you got 3k. I had the same thing happen to my Tremor on the drive back home from the dealership the day I bought it. Didn't look bad (like you're thinking); in fact, looked just like yours (screw size, location, etc.). Turned out it went all the way through and needed a...

NextDNS is a tool one can use to block info from going to a domain. The app for Android is NextDNS Manager. I use it to block a battery monitor I use from reporting back to China (see next paragraph). I learned quite a bit from the article linked to in this post (and from the entire thread)...

Wow! That was VERY educational on a number of issues. Thank you. As an aside I wonder if NextDNS could successfully defeat supl.google.com? Gonna have to check that out.... Again, thank you for the post.

Oh for the days of removable batteries.... 😔

Yes, I understand that. What I was questioning was the idea of the GPS chip always being "on." Regardless, into the Faraday bag it will go to be pulled out as needed. If I miss a call or two, oh well. That was life for all of us up until the early 1990s for some (all the way up to the late 90s...

So you're saying the GPS chip is powered even when the phone is off? Wasn't sure that was possible. Certainly wasn't possible when one could remove the battery. My thinking is that even if the GPS chip was active in some sense after the phone was powered down it wouldn't have nearly enough...

Bluetooth was ALWAYS gonna be the fail-safe way location could be tracked as it will radiant a low power signal that other phones pick up and transmit to Google (etc.). Hence, that "nearby devices" permission that so many apps require. (Begin edit) I guess you could achieve the same result with...

Police went digital about 8 years ago where I live. Same with ambulance and fire. Quite a few (legitimate) local hobbyists were p'd off. Glad I found out b/c I was just about to purchase a scanner and join the fun. Would have wasted a bit of cash.... On a somewhat humorous (?) note, was told...

Remember, as I noted above, it's all in the definition of terms. They raised your rates; to them, that's Progressive! :angry: Same here. Older Nuvi 7-inch units in all my vehicles. Not thrilled with Garmin's newer units, though. IIRC correctly, now really tied into Google.

Well said. Absolutely well said. Between the feds buying data and their 5-eyes type arrangements.... "Yeah, we skirt the laws, but we have the best of intentions.... And, oh, btw, if you've got nothing to hide...."

Just saw that myself. Interesting that it showed up at the same time this thread was running. Coincidence? I think so. However, note the needle-threading and deflection Ford does with their statement. And, as I noted previously, what you might consider "data" and "yours" Ford considers as...

Good point. However, that was one of the areas I asked Ford about. They were very cagey, but it appears to come down to what Ford means by "data" and "sharing." I came away from the conversation that Ford and I have different definitions of both words. Also, even if we could agree, Ford takes a...

The IC spent billions of $ to get software that did link analysis proficiently. Now, with social media, it's easy-peasy; everyone is doing the job for them.

Agreed. It is, it seems, sadly inevitable.

But the FordPass app is (at least for the first months or so), right?

The title of this thread is why I don't use FordPass. If you read the details of the FordPass Privacy and Data Collection novels you'd be amazed that Ford hoovers up "everything" via the app. It's beyond intrusive. And you CAN'T get a straight answer from Ford if you call them about this. Just...