Tag Archives: Privacy

Updated Report on How Smart Meters Invade Privacy

This past March, SkyVision Solutions released a report entitled, “A Perspective on How Smart Meters Invade Individual Privacy.” The report has now been updated with new information regarding investor owned utilities (IOUs) as well as addressing a White House report … Continue reading

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How to Attack a Smart Meter

SmartGridNews.com published an article today entitled, “How to attack a smart meter (Utilities: better find out before the criminals do).”  The SmartGridNews website is generally considered a propaganda mouthpiece for the smart grid industry, but lately, I am beginning to wonder.  … Continue reading

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Turning Off the Lights on Privacy and Health in a World with Few “Opt-Outs”

The BBC reported a story on July 28, 2014, entitled, “What Price for Free Wi-Fi?”  The introduction to the story states: “Smartphone users are always looking for free wi-fi but at what price does it come?  Businesses are looking at … Continue reading

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Questions to Ask about Wireless Smart Meters

Questions You May Want to Ask Your Electric Power Company about Wireless Smart Meters Introducing a new paper by Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D. … Wireless “Smart” Meters are being installed on homes, buildings, and businesses by many electric power companies … Continue reading

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Smart Meter Privacy Invasion ALERT

The headline at SmartGridNews.com on May 15, 2014, was “Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data).” [emphasis added] The above admission on what utilities can do with smart meter data is nothing new to … Continue reading

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Urgent Need for Smart Meter Health and Safety Legislation

[Editor Note:  This blog article consists of a document authored by Richard H. Conrad, Ph.D., posted with permission for this website, intended as a possible letter addressed to state legislators regarding the urgent need for wireless smart meter health and safety legislation.  Dr. Conrad … Continue reading

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Mayor Makes Appeal to the Conscience of Legislators on Smart Meters

The following guest editorial about smart meters was written by John Ranns, the longtime Mayor of the District of Metchosin located on the southern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Mayor Ranns initially wrote the guest editorial in … Continue reading

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Worcester, MA City Council Committee Requests “Smart Grid” Delay

WORCESTER, Massachusetts — A Worcester City Council subcommittee is calling for a one-year postponement in National Grid’s “smart grid” pilot program. This article and video will demonstrate that the utility company doesn’t care about the canary in the coal mine … … Continue reading

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Nine Reasons Why Today’s Smart Meter Systems Are a Mistake

[Editor Note:  This blog article consists of a document authored by Richard H. Conrad, Ph.D., intended as a letter addressed to a utility company considering the installation of smart meters.] NINE REASONS WHY TODAY’S SMART METER SYSTEMS ARE A MISTAKE by Richard … Continue reading

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The Smart Meter Canard

… The Promise of the Smart Grid vs. the Smart Meter Canard … As stated by Timothy Schoechle, Ph.D. in a document released in late 2012: “The smart meter is a canard — story or a hoax based on specious … Continue reading

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