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The propane company put a cellular gizmo on the tank, but it's a short walk to read the gauge. My 2018 SUV is off the internet.

Of course, the computer gadgets are high tech, kind of by definition.

The propane company warned against phone scams.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21092458

I don't pay by phone. I print out the invoice (because they stopped sending them, only a pdf in the email) and pay it by check.

Every account I set up is another way for my personal information to be stolen. Not IF, but WHEN.

Complexity makes it easier, not harder, to hack and steal information, because complex systems can never be completely tested and hardened. *

* Only one piece of software is, and it's the OpenBSD operating system, which only a few even know about.