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#smartmeters — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #smartmeters, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 🧩 4️⃣ Corte ordena detener programa de vigilancia con medidores de electricidad en Sacramento.

    Un juez de California decidió poner fin a un programa conjunto entre el servicio eléctrico SMUD y la policía que recolectaba datos granulares de consumo eléctrico (“smart meters”) de todos los clientes, sin sospecha individual.

    La corte concluyó que ese monitoreo masivo violaba la ley estatal de privacidad, porque transformar el uso eléctrico en evidencia sin causa era una forma de vigilancia indiscriminada.

    🔒 ¿Control ambiental o vigilancia digital en tu propio hogar?

    #Privacidad #Ciberseguridad #Vigilancia #SmartMeters

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/vict

  2. powermag.com/securing-the-powe

    "dispersed nature of #smartgrids, with thousands of interconnected devices like #smartmeters, #sensors, and distributed energy resources #DER's, creates a vast attack surface. For #substations, many operate #legacysystems (such as supervisory control and data acquisition #SCADA, which are essential for monitoring and control, and are prime targets."

  3. UK Smart meter data sharing proposal #privacy concerns

    Neil Record, a former Bank of England economist & chairman of Net Zero Watch, warns this scheme could lead to extensive monitoring of household behaviour

    “The public should be very wary of increasingly having their household #information provided to external agents. Once authorised, this #data could reveal far more about how people live than most are comfortable with.”

    homebuilding.co.uk/news/smart-

    #SmartMeters #electricity #BigData #greed

  4. You know what’s better than #SmartMeters that let you know when power is cheaper so you can adapt your usage? Government regulated affordable power prices so you can use electricity at any time of day, without having to think about whether it's cheaper or more expensive.

    You're not supposed to live your life around the needs of your labour-saving devices. They are supposed to work around you.

  5. Good ole #security through obscurity. That always ends well doesn't it?

    Fascinating and concerning read as to what a national infrastructure provider fears (and possibly what stupid decisions were made in procurement of a national metering project).

    ESB's refusal to give householder details of smart meter data 'heightens suspicions about surveillance'
    irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41

    #cyber #cybersecurity #smartTech #smartMeters #informationSecurity

  6. Germany's smart meter rollout could slow further as government reduces ambitions

    Obligation to install #smartmeters to apply to fewer households under draft law amendment, media reported

    cleanenergywire.org/news/germa

  7. UK’s #SmartMeter targets leaves #energy users short-changed says Martin Lewis

    I’d suggest shifting firms’ targets from smart meter installations to overall number of working #SmartMeters, incentivize firms to both installations & repairs

    4m smart meters are malfunctioning in UK

    Repairs are slow, if they happen at all. Resources focused on installs, consumers are frustrated, at risk of misbilling & further problems

    theguardian.com/business/2024/

    #electricity #utilities

  8. @Delphi

    This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance

    An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation

    #SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!

    Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK

    #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails

  9. @Delphi

    This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance

    An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation

    #SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!

    Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK

    #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails

  10. @Delphi

    This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance

    An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation

    #SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!

    Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK

    #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails

  11. @Delphi

    This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance

    An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation

    #SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!

    Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK

    #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails

  12. @Delphi

    This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance

    An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation

    #SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!

    Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK

    #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails

  13. For #decades #electricity #meters just worked. #Power usage either wasn't an issue because it was affordable or you had no trouble working it out. The #electricitymeters rarely needed replacement. Now I concede that as we now have so many #HMOs #smartmeters may be useful for some & emailing a number too onerous for others. But unlike the previous methods these 'smart' ones need paying for, updating, replacing & acceptance that your #data 'may' be shared.
    theguardian.com/business/2024/

  14. #SmartMeters "We need to be careful that the move to smart tariffs does not exacerbate existing social inequalities. There is a danger that smart tariffs will most benefit high-income customers, those homeowners with the disposable income required to invest in energy technologies such as electric vehicles and solar PV." rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0424/13

  15. The point of #SmartMeters for electricity, is to allow the power company to shift the “peak" charge time to whenever you use electricity. If you shift your usage, you can bet the peak charge period will follow you. Also, get ready for #EV charging to attract a surcharge, as Smart Meters allow energy providers to apply differenital tariffs, based on purpose and voltage.

  16. I’m looking for Water, Gas, and Electricity Meters for a customer.

    Requirements:
    - WiFi connectivity
    - MQTT support
    - Ease of installation and initial configuration
    - Possibility to remotely cut off the water/gas/electricity supply

    Can you recommend any out-of-the-box solution? I appreciate your suggestions!