Posted on 03/27/2017 9:46:39 AM PDT by Lorianne
In one fell swoop, every utility’s claim of “smart meters do not spy on you” is now dissolved.
Their myth is now shattered.
In a cutesy marketing video, shown below, global data analytics company Onzo admits to helping utilities surveil and profile their customers — and sell direct surveillance access to their customers’ homes.
“We use this characterized profile to give the utility… the ability to monetize their customer data by providing a direct link to appropriate third-party organizations based on the customer’s identified character.”
Watch Onzo’s rather jaw dropping 90-second marketing video:
[see video and more at source article]
(Excerpt) Read more at takebackyourpower.net ...
Global Data Firm: “We Help Utilities Surveil and Profile Their Customers, and Monetize Home Surveillance Data”
It’s all in definitions.
We even tag the appliances that we see being used in the home.
I have a problem with that. But the rest of it, meh. I don’t want them sharing how much power my particular meter uses, but if they want to share how much power my neighborhood uses, they can have at it.
I can always grow the illicit drugs with solar. ;)
I didn’t read the article, but it should be clear that just from reading the meter on a constant basis, it should be able to determine at what moment you use how much power, and from that, make good guesses as to what has been turned on or off and when.
1 fridge? 2? How many different lights are activated at what wattages? Garage door opener? Water pump? Stove, and number of burners? Power saw? Lathe? Vacuum cleaner? Everything plugged in has a signature.
Smart appliances might do that, but more likely, they are just making inferences based upon power draw, duration, and perhaps signature if their detail is fine enough.
Call me paranoid if you want, but I believe Google is using Google Earth for ad revenue. My house is set back in the woods and I’ve been swamped since last year, never got around to getting the leaves up or the gutters cleaned out. Guess what I started seeing in online ads? Leaf blowers, gutter guards, etcetera. I also am going to be needing a new roof in the next several years, the algae stains are pretty bad even though it’s still serviceable with no leaks. Ads for roofing, too. Never got them before, haven’t done any web searches for these goods or services.
Power meters. Cars. Smart devices. And now refrigerators.
Love how iPhone voicemail now converts voice messages to text for you. So, assume ALL conversations are converted and stored away, all quickly text-scannable.
Who reads the EULA fine print in phone, TV, smart device and game console apps, about microphone and camera access? Take a close look...
Scary and enraging crap, this. We are pwned. I am tired of it.
In California, PG&E connected our smart meters to our Comcast cable, AT&T cable, or what ever cable you had.
Their cover story was they needed a ground.
Yeah sure ground our electric line into a cable connecting to our tv, computers, phones and routers. Don’t think so.
One of our conservative neighbors made fun of me when I disconnected it from our Comcast incoming cable.
I told him to ask his two SILs, both EE engineers.
He did and they helped him to disconnect his smart meter from their Comcast cable. Then, they went to their homes disconnect their smart meters from their Comcast cables.
The plus side of the smart meters is we have fewer power outages, and they are confined to smaller geographical areas.
but more likely, they are just making inferences based upon power draw, duration, and perhaps signature if their detail is fine enough.
I am not an electrician but it would SEEM to me that it would be possible to filter or condition the circuits so that no information would be sent to the meter.
Any freepers out there can confirm this idea?
I would also encourage a metal foil or plate between the meter and the house to reduce the RF coming into the house from these meters.
The term ‘smart appliance’ means a product that uses electricity for its main power source which has the capability to receive, interpret and act on a signal received from a utility, third party energy service provider or home energy management device, and automatically adjust its operation depending on both the signal’s contents and settings from the consumer.The smart meter and smart appliances can send signals along the power line, turning your home wiring into an ethernet network. The appliance can send data to the meter, and the meter can send signals back to the appliance.
One of the major early applications was controlling your central air conditioner so the utility can shut it down if the power system is under stress.
Sounds like an excellent opportunity for an aftermarket “power scrubber” that blocks everything but the Alternating Current. The ultimate “low pass” filter.
See post #8.
Capacitor setup would do it I’d think- they’re used to filter spikes for free circuits all the time.
I was thinking that it would probably need to be a big one, though. :)
How is the smart meter connected to the cable?
“How is the smart meter connected to the cable?”
That’s what I’d like to know. We don’t have a cable connection, but our phone lines do come into the house right next to the gas and electric meters. but there are no hardwired connections to either. Just left wondering what does power the smart gas meter?
They’d be confused about this house. A washing machine is just as likely to be running at 3 am as it is at 3 pm.
California nia has a horribly corrupt utility regulation system —which goes right up to the top in Sacramento as that state’s legislature and governors routinely take big $$ from the supposedly- regulated utility corporations. Result is highest utility rates in 48 or 50 or 57 states
They'll decide you may be using your furnace too much - and they CAN, thru' the Smart meter, Limit you.
It's is NOT about power usage - it's about control. If it were for usage, only, they can get that from your monthly bill.
If you don't want it- you need to send a certified letter to your company demanding "NO". Even then you need to be vigilant. nail a notice by you meter - "NO smart meter".
If they still install, you have recourse to have it removed, citing your previous demand.
they tried to sneak one in on me - but luckily I spotted him coming across the yard with it under his arm. I said:"Can I help you?"
"I'm here to put your Smart Meter on"?
"No, you're not."
(confused look) "Yes, it's right here" and took steps to continue.
Excuse me. You are NOT going to put that on my house...." (interrupting me "Yes, that's what I'm here for."
"You haven't been hearing me. Take your Smart Meter and yourself and LEAVE- NOW."
"But why?"
"Because I said so."
He left.
So they impose a $15 monthly fine on me for not having it. (I make separate checks, one for the bill and one for the $15, marked 'for fine."
They objected and said it's a fee, not a fine."
I said. "No, a fee is something you pay for something you get. this is a fine."
All that said, it's the radiation signature that I am the mot adamant against. It radiates in a 6'area around it- kills plants etc, and my head, when sleeping, is one foot away from the meter on the outside wall. Research YouTube for Smart Meter radiation...
If you DO have a Smart meter - you can deflect some of the radiation danger with a copper screen- but I'd put on the Inside of your house opposite the meter - to deflect the radiation from the back side...
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