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https://www.europesays.com/iran/102992/ Gas prices surge in Alabama as Strait of Hormuz blockade continues #aaa #Alabama #AlabamaGasPrices #brooks #DavidDempsey #Fox6 #Fox6News #FOX6 #Fox6News #GasBuddy #GasPrices #gillian #GillianBrooks #GillianBrooksReporter #GillianBrooksWbrc #HighGasPrices #Hormuz #MyFOXAL #NationalGasPrices #PatrickDeHaan #ReporterGillianBrooks #StraightOfHormuz #StraitOfHormuz #WBRC #Wbrc6News #Wbrc6news #WbrcFox6News #WbrcFox6News #WbrcGillianBrooks #WbrcNews #WhyAreGasPricesSoHigh

So, because we acquires our #EV through a low-mileage lease, I had been planning to keep the miles well under the limit by driving my (nearly 25yo) car more-frequently. Like, say, to run twenty weekends' worth of grocery-errands (at forty-ish miles per Saturday, that'd relieve +800mi worth of mileage from the leased vehicle). Because gas for my car went from $3.23 to $4.69 (according to today's #GasBuddy report), I opted to cut things a little finer. Instead, I look at the car's mileage on any given day, then use https://days.to to calculate the number of days since we'd picked the car up from the dealership and divide the number on the odometer by it. As long as we average under 20.5mi/day, we're golden.

I had been targeting about 15mi/day for the first year, "just to give us some 'slack'." And, in actuality, we'd been running under 14/dy before our last visit to my mom's (130mi each way). Still under 16mi/day, right now. But probably less under than I'd initially expected due to having opted to use the EV a bit more than the pre gas-price surge had me initially planning.

Regardless, we're still good. We have more options than a lot of people do (especially since I'm work-from-home).

@johnlogic I've got #GasBuddy on my phone but seldom use it. Used it more when I drove more & needed to shop gas prices.

Haven't been spammed by them AFAIK but I turn off all notifications, so it's unlikely that any notices have ever been sent to me anyway. 🤷‍♂️

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#Gasbuddy saves me a lot of money on #gas annually. Use my link to sign up and get savings every time you get gas.

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Well, well, well...

"#Allstate ... used data from apps like #GasBuddy, #Routely, and #Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/allstate-sued-for-allegedly-tracking-drivers-behavior-through-third-party-apps/
#privacy

Lawsuit: #Allstate used #GasBuddy and other apps to quietly #track driving behavior

#Texas has sued #insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, #Routely , and #Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies.
#privacy #surveillance #databroker

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/allstate-sued-for-allegedly-tracking-drivers-behavior-through-third-party-apps/

@arstechnica uninstall #GasBuddy and drive #Electric ⚡⚡⚡

#EV

Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior

Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like #GasBuddy, #Routely, and #Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies.

#Allstate and Arity, a “mobility data and analytics” firm founded by Allstate in 2016, collected “trillions of miles worth of location data” from more than 45 million people, then used that data to adjust rates, according to Texas’ lawsuit.

Texas’ lawsuit claims that Arity incentivized—through “generous bonus incentives”—apps like GasBuddy, a gas price-tracking app, and Life360, which is intended to keep tabs on family members’ location, to “increas[e] the size of their dataset.” The suit also cites Allstate as gathering direct car use data from Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram vehicles.

Ars Technica / https://archive.fo/jKGnk #Privacy #DataPrivacy

The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ #JudgeAndrewFWilkinsonJudicialSecurityAct #USSecuritiesandExchangeCommission #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #IdentifierforAdvertisers #AppTrackingTransparency #AndroidAdvertisingID #mobileadvertisingID #ALittleSunshine #AssociatedPress #LatestWarnings #TheComingStorm #JustynaMaloney #netzpolitikorg #TroutmanPepper #JustinSherman #MyFitnessPal #GasBuddy

Your Favorite #Apps Know How You Drive, And They're Snitching To Your #Insurer
Have your rates gone up recently? Blame these apps
The #smartphone apps collecting #driver data may not be obvious at first glance. One, #Life360, is used by parents to keep track of their children. #MyRadar offers weather forecasts. #GasBuddy helps people save on fuel costs.
https://jalopnik.com/your-favorite-apps-know-how-you-drive-and-theyre-snitc-1851537854 #insurance #privacy #surveillance

Global News BC: Metro Vancouver gas prices surge to $2.13, highest price of the year https://globalnews.ca/news/9922679/metro-vancouver-highest-price-gas-year/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #LowerMainlandgasprices #Vancouvergasprices #LowerMainlandgas #Vancouverdrivers #Vancouvergas #DanMcTeague #GasPrices #GasBuddy #Economy #Traffic #Canada

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