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PiggyMeter is a wonderful example of a device that you never knew you needed – simple, elegant, easy to build, and accompanied by amazing documentation. It’s a snap-on interface for …read more Continue reading Simple Optical Meter Sets New Standards For Documentation
Smart meters form mesh networks among themselves and transmit your usage data all around. Some of them even allow the power company to turn off your power remotely, through the …read more Continue reading Remoticon 2021 // Hash Salehi Outsmarts His Smart Meter
Join us on Wednesday, April 14 at noon Pacific for the Inside Smart Meters Hack Chat with [Hash]! That electrical meter on the side of your house might not look …read more Continue reading Inside Smart Meters Hack Chat
US cities using smart meters narrowly escaped a legal problem this month when a court decided that the benefits of these IoT devices outweighed the privacy issues created by collecting detailed home energy data. Continue reading Using smart meter data constitutes a search, but court allows them anyway
The story of Adam Flanagan, who’s been jailed for hacking, is a reminder to companies to revoke access to networks when they sack a disgruntled employee Continue reading Beer + bitter former field engineer = hacked smart water meters
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Facebook tags ‘disputed’ news; products to be judged on security; smart meters snafu
Termineter is a Python Smart Meter Security Testing framework which allows authorised individuals to test Smart Meters for vulnerabilities such as energy consumption fraud, network hijacking, and more. Many of these vulnerabilities have been highlighte… Continue reading Termineter – Smart Meter Security Testing Framework
Smart Energy GB are the organisation campaigning for the roll-out of smart energy meters in the UK. Publicizing smart meters and making traditional electricity and gas meters look obsolete is part of their mission, and towards the end of last year they came up with a novel idea. “Requiem for Meters”, is a piece of orchestral music performed on instruments made from old gas and electricity meters, and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
The old meters serve as much as artworks in some of the instruments as they do a function. …read more
Depending upon where you live in the world, the chances are that your national or local government, or your utility company, has smart meters on their agenda. The idea is that these network-connected energy meters for your gas and electricity supply will allow greater control of energy usage and lead to lower costs through more efficient use of that energy. Bold plans have been advanced for meters that exert control over your higher-power appliances such as water heaters, washing machines, or home heating systems, able to turn them off or on depending on the time of day, spot price of energy, …read more
