XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >> Just like with leaded gas, they can't just ditch the higher-octane-rated   
   >> fuels without actually changing the engines, although truth be told, knock   
   >> sensors retard timing nowadays when engines feel detonation pinging.   
   >   
   > No, ditch the lower rated.   
      
   Hi Carlos,   
      
   Well, what would the advantage of mandating worse & more-expensive gas be?   
      
   The octane rating is a measure of how resistant a fuel is to auto-igniting   
   (knocking) under compression in an engine where Premium gasoline typically   
   has slightly lower energy per gallon than Regular (because the blend and   
   ethanol used to raise octane lower the energy density at the same time).   
      
   Drivers would pay more for less   
   There's no advantage whatsoever (for cars that run fine on Regular).   
   No extra power, no better mileage, nothing.   
      
   Just higher costs for worse gas.   
      
   >> If a new vehicle gas-cap door doesn't have a sticker saying that the higher   
   >> octane rated gasoline isn't needed then there's zero advantage to using it.   
   >   
   > The maker recommends the higher, but the car adapts and the vendor   
   > recommends the lower.   
   >   
   > I did my own testing, based on mileage, and decided to stay on the lower.   
      
   Check the BMW forums from about five or ten years ago where I ran extensive   
   tests for a couple of years and there's no measurable benefit to Premium.   
      
   However, I would caution people who are scared to not run the test since   
   under high speed high load high heat conditions, the piezoelectric knock   
   sensors might not be able to retard the timing enough to prevent knocking.   
      
   But nobody on the planet who knows anything about chemistry would ever   
   claim that you get better anything from premium gasoline for a vehicle that   
   is running correctly and which is designed for the regular gas blends.   
      
   It's not possible to get better anything with the wrong gas in the engine.   
      
   >> The *first* time you log into the Google GMail app on an Android phone,   
   >> Google *creates* the mothership account (if it's not already created), and,   
   >> in my tests, Google *AUTOMATICALLY UPLOADS* your contacts since you have no   
   >> chance of unchecking the default setting until *after* that happens!   
   >   
   > Uploads to my account space. This is fine and I want it. Does not share it.   
      
   How do you know that Google will never be hacked?   
      
   >> Most people don't realize this but Gboard can read the contacts sqlite   
   >> database, and that's "just a keyboard" (or so they think it is).   
   >>   
   >> As I said many times, privacy is a million things, but most people only   
   >> know about half a dozen of those things which we are discussing here.   
   >   
   > You confuse privacy with secrecy. And you tell people having different   
   > ideas they are rude. No, we are not!   
      
   I'm making a normative argument about courtesy, consent, and respect   
      
   Uploading someone else's personal information without their knowledge or   
   consent is discourteous, regardless of the uploader's intentions or   
   personality.   
      
   It's not about secrecy.   
   It's about respecting other people's control over their own data.   
      
   The behavior is discourteous   
   I could use the word "uncaring" though if that sounds better to everyone?   
      
   Just let me know which word you like best for the argument, which is about   
   basic human decency for protecting other people's private information.   
      
   >> The problem with "private enough" is that many entities have said the same   
   >> thing, and, well, think about history and all the "surprise attacks" in it.   
   >>   
   >> There's a long history of cloud-stored personal data being breached, and   
   >> contacts/phone numbers are often part of what leaks. A few well-known   
   >> examples from just the last few years:   
   >>   
   >   
   > Then there will be fines. I did not share data nor breach confidence.   
      
   How do you know no company whom you interacted with won't be attacked?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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