Is the writer of this article paranoid, or are his opinions legit? Your thoughts? It has always seemed to me that the extremist green movement has been more about control than anything else (as it is with just about everything in the leftist agenda).
i think it's pretty much just paranoia... Take his first item for example:
1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.
There's no way a smart meter is smart enough to identify the devices that are running in my house. They only measure how much electricity is being used.
And, what about this one:
8. It is possible for example, with analysis of certain "Smart Meter" data, for unauthorized and distant parties to determine medical conditions, sexual activities, physical locations of persons within the home, vacancy patterns and personal information and habits of the occupants.
Seriously? They can monitor sexual activities? How, by assessing the amount of static electricity in the house and extrapolating data regarding friction? Come on!
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That's not entirely true regarding what's turned on in the home. Each device has a load rating and I bet an individual unique signature that's probably pretty easy to pin point. I was in mine counter measures while in the service and I know for a fact, every single naval ship out there has a unique and identifiable magnetic field associated to it.
The scary stuff regarding the smart home is government control. Instead of relying on market forces to control usage and availability of power, the Dems want to control your life style. They want to tell you how cool you may keep your house. How big of a frigerator you may have. How much water you may use each day. It's all about control.
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It's all about control. Remember...if a conservative decides he don't want a gun in his house, he don't put a gun in his house. If a rat liberal decides he dont want a gun in his house, he wants a law to make sure everyone else does not have a gun in their houses.
This is the same thing....these pukes wanna sit in the dark and sweat and call it a good thing. Not me....so when a bear kills one of 'em, well, that's just 1 less enemy to be defeated and a hearty "Thank You" to the bear.
I hear there's an effort (though I can't say where or how) to rescind the 'light bulb ban' for incandescent light bulbs. Anybody hear anything about that ?
I hear there's an effort (though I can't say where or how) to rescind the 'light bulb ban' for incandescent light bulbs. Anybody hear anything about that ?
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https://sites.google.com/.../light-bulb-ban-bill-repeal-introduced-2-18-2011
Feb 18, 2011 – On Thursday, Republican Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming introduced legislation to reverse a 2007 ban on incandescent light bulbs that is scheduled to ... it is fine if someone wants to buy an old-fashioned bulb because it ...
The Better Use of Light Bulbs Act (BULB) is intended to repeal the amendment that was attached to a comprehensive energy bill signed by President George W. Bush in 2007. The ban on incandescent light bulbs was intended to save energy and limit pollution.
Now, Enzi and other lawmakers are attacking the ban as a measure that limits choices for Americans. “I think it’s fine if someone wants to fill their home or business with the light from the [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]new [COLOR=green !important]bulbs[/color][/color][/color],” said Enzi in a statement.
“I also think it is fine if someone wants to buy an old-fashioned bulb because it works better for them,” he added. “ If left alone, the best bulb will win its rightful standing in the marketplace. Government doesn’t need to be in the business of telling people what light bulb they have to use.”
The BULB Act has 27 co-sponsors, including Republican Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming and Jim DeMint of South Carolina.
“Americans are fully capable of choosing the best way to light their own homes and what best fits the needs and budget of their [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]families[/color][/color],” said DeMint. “When Congress dictates which light bulbs folks in South Carolina must buy, it’s clear the ‘nanny state’ mentality has gotten out of control in Washington.”
A similar bill was introduced in the House by Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas
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Can't remember the case, but I could find it if I had a client who needed it. Police, suspecting someone of growing weed, focused a heat sensor on the house and detected an area showing a great deal of heat, the type of thing you would create using the lamps required to grow lots of weed. Sure enough, a judge said that was probable cause to issue a search warrant, and they did indeed find lots of weed growing in the house.
But the Supremes said no, no, no. A person has an expectation of privacy in their own home and you can't peer through the walls looking for evidence of wrongdoing. Likewise, you can use a remote mike to listen in on someone standing on a corner talking on a cell phone, but you can't listen in on someone in a phone booth because the guy in the phone booth with the door closed has an expectation of privacy.
I think it is mostly paranoia. Notwithstanding, there is a lot that a smart meter can theoretically accomplish. Something that is becoming more prevalent is something called Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). This is a protocol to support adding new consumer electronic devices in the home and to have the home network automatically discover and initiate communication with the new device, without the user having to do anything. I do not know the details of this protocol, but even based on such a short characterization it would not surprise me to find out that such devices would broadcast what kind of device they are. "I'm a WiFi access point! I'm a gaming device! I'm a digital mass storage device -- here is what I've got in my memory . . . "
I think the main driver behind smart meters is to try to manage electrical loads smartly, to manage their grid more intelligently, more dynamically. They can probably save money by having these smart meters in place, which is what their interest is. I doubt they are selling data to the US government.
In reading you posts to various threads concerning things that were once considered paranoia that have come to fruition, I'd like to think that you are a lot smarter than that.
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I do not know what the full capabilities are of these new smart meters but it could be considered paranoia. I have read that with the new smart appliances they will know what you are using as Alsatian has already acknowledged. I do know I have to pay for it at $2.90 a month at the current charge until 2019 and that includes all customers whether the meter has already been installed. I started paying for it six months before the installation in the fall of last year. First month was an automatic $20.00 increase in the previous bill with no change in usage on my part. No AC, fans, heating etc. I do know it really was a pain to use my 5.8 GHz cordless phone because of the loud hum interference on my end. The smart meter broadcasts a wireless signal to a local access point but at what frequency or strength is unknown and I can only guess it to be stronger than a WIFI and more along the lines of a cellular signal. I cannot say for sure if it affected my WIFI because there is always a lag at some point in the day. Within a couple of months everything settled down, no phone interference and my monthly electric bill has actually dropped with normal usage compared to months without the new meter. I have never experienced so many power outages prior to the change over and what I understand after the extreme cold this past winter this new meter allows them to better monitor usage on the grid and do rolling blackouts as needed. At least the state stepped in and warned them there would be no more unannounced blackouts again and it spurred an investigation into possible market manipulation. I’m still waiting to hear the out come of that investigation but I’m sure the fox will say that the weasel is allowed to steal so many golden eggs a year with no repercussions.
As far as the light bulb ban is concerned I hope it is rescinded because I’m tired of wasting money on cfl’s that require additional lighting just so things look natural. Plus on cold days they are incapable of working properly.
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Can't remember the case, but I could find it if I had a client who needed it. Police, suspecting someone of growing weed, focused a heat sensor on the house and detected an area showing a great deal of heat, the type of thing you would create using the lamps required to grow lots of weed. Sure enough, a judge said that was probable cause to issue a search warrant, and they did indeed find lots of weed growing in the house.
But the Supremes said no, no, no. A person has an expectation of privacy in their own home and you can't peer through the walls looking for evidence of wrongdoing. Likewise, you can use a remote mike to listen in on someone standing on a corner talking on a cell phone, but you can't listen in on someone in a phone booth because the guy in the phone booth with the door closed has an expectation of privacy.
I will assume you mean there's no way to enforce the ban; once you got 'the goods' in your house, you turn 'em on, you use them. It seems that people are hoarding incandescent bulbs so 'they'll have em' when the ban comes into effect. That's kind'a dumb because the bulbs will eventually burn out and they'll be forced to buy the mercuric crap the greenies have foisted on us. For me, I have a large house....There are 12 different types of light bulbs I use, from halogen spotlights on the sides of the house to light up the back lawn and pool areas at night, to the little flame-tipped chandelier bulbs in the dining room....there is NO WAY I can hoard bulbs, and if I did, there'd be no place to put 'em. I USED to keep 'em in Home Depot and go get some when I needed 'em, but now it looks like my stash is getting mighty thin ! The other thing I suspect, is that in anticipation of the ban, bulb manufacturers may be phasing out the incandescents so they're not 'stuck' with a large inventory once the ban goes into effect. I know it's getting more and more difficult to get some of the different types of bulbs as they're not even on the shelves in the stores.
Thanks for the info, Knightia....its good to see there are some heads with actual BRAINS in them, who'd challenge the eco-fascists on this.
Smart meters = Big Brother?
