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Government “Searches” Conducted Using Smart Meters Considered “Reasonable” by Industry Proponents
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions A shocking court filing by industry and smart meter proponents reveals the degree to which corporate and government interests will go to get these privacy-invading devices on our homes. In the case of Naperville Smart … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Privacy, Smart Meters, Surveillance
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Smart Meters: “A Surveillance-capable Infrastructure”
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions In a letter dated May 25, 2017, the ACLU of Washington raised “significant concerns about the lack of protections for privacy, as well as lack of transparency, in the implementation of Seattle City Light’s Advanced … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Privacy, Seattle, Smart Meters, Surveillance
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Smart Meters: An Example of Surveillance Capitalism
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions, Updated July 2019 An essay preview was given this month for a new book to be authored by Shoshana Zuboff (now actually published in 2019) dealing with the topic of “surveillance capitalism” [1] [2]. Giant … Continue reading
‘Smart’ Meter Deployments Are a First Step to Limit Global Temperature Rise, Says the U. S. Department of State
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Earlier in January, I wrote that the Federal Government Wants a Smart Meter “on EVERY home and business in the country,” based upon an article posted by the U.S. Department of Energy. I have now discovered that … Continue reading
Analyzing Your Smart Meter Data Leads to Big Profits for the Utilities
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions At this website I have previously demonstrated that utility smart meters invade behavioral privacy. Additionally, last May I reported on a utility executive from Texas who was “very excited” about his utility treating your personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Big Data, Privacy, Smart Meters, Surveillance
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‘Smart’ Meters Represent Industrial Profiteering and Government Sanctioned Surveillance, According to Study
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions In an article from December 31st, I wrote that ‘Smart’ Meters Generate a ‘Gold Mine of Data’ for Utilities and that they provide a ‘gateway’ to the home. To better understand the full nature of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Costs, Privacy, Profiteering, Smart Grid, Smart Meters, Surveillance
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Smart Meter Surveillance versus ‘Very Granular Insights’
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Utilities dispute that smart meters are surveillance devices. For example, one well-known utility company clearly states in its so-called Privacy ‘Fact Sheet’ that, “Just like standard meters, smart meters will measure the amount of electricity … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Data, Privacy, Smart Meters, Surveillance
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‘Dragnet’ Data Collections by Smart Meters and an ‘Infrastructure of Surveillance’
… And What Your Utility Company Doesn’t Want You to Know about Smart Meters by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions In what was likely a little publicized workshop conducted in November 2013 by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on privacy and … Continue reading
Utilities ‘Very Excited’ about Mining Smart Meter Data and Invading Your Privacy
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions At a recent IBM-related conference, Dr. Stephen Pratt, Chief Technical Officer for CenterPoint Energy, stated the following during an interview: “We have an entire organization that’s gotten behind data as an asset … We get … Continue reading
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