Privacy, Surveillance & RF smart meters
In-Home Surveillance
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
“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.”
According to their website, this company works with over 100 utilities globally. This, folks, is what "smart" meters are all about.
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
1-minute Senate Speech.
Software and algorithms would combine data collected by the RF smart meters with the data from our smart phones, smart watches, smart cars, appliances, smart street lights, etc., as the video explains. Complex profiles would be created about us, what we do, where we go, what we buy - everything.
Good for Utility Bad for Customers
Rise of the Digital Surveillance State
Good for Utility Bad for Customers
“Smart meters are yet another invasion of individual liberty, autonomy and privacy The utility can discern what appliances are being used and even when individual lights are turned on or off, It can develop a fine-grained ‘home’ profile that it can then sell to data brokers without user consent using a ‘surveillance capitalism’ model. There are also, of course, surveillance state implications.”
Smart Grid & Privacy Worries
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
“Very sensitive information can be revealed about homes, and homes are the most sacred privacy environment,”
Exhaustive electricity consumption data “is a holy grail, in many ways” for marketing analysts and consumer data aggregators, said Lee Tien, a senior attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Few other types of data get inside the home the way that electrical usage data does.”
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
"We, Siemens (an RF meter manufacturer), have the technology to record energy use every minute, second, and microsecond, more or less live. From that, we can infer how many people are in the home, what they do, whether they are upstairs, downstairs, do you have a dog, when do you usually get up, when did you get up this morning, when you have a shower. Masses of private data
RF Meters Privacy Invasion & Risks
Data Collections & RF Smart Meters
RF Meters Privacy Invasion & Risks
Smart Meters are a surveillance device. They are a search without a warrant. They collect detailed energy usage, for instance: when you cook, watch TV, whether you are home or not, when you turn on a light, or if you have guests. This data is very valuable because it can reveal patterns about what you do and when. Utility companies have admitted that they are providing smart meter data to the government and third parties.