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we are now entering the brave new world of smart meters
that means your electric meter will do so much more than just show how much
electricity you use
the new smart meters
are watching you
they sense all kinds of goings on
they see when you turn something on or off to see how many watch your electric
toothbrush polls
they send the record of that little event over wireless networks
bouncing through your neighbors
smart meters
all the way to the power company
where they keep a record of all your electric consumption volumes and
patterns every minute
of everyday and store that data forever on computers that you'll never get to
see
that data shows when you were at home
chose when you're sleeping
shows when you're on vacation we had visitors when you use the lamp a power
tools some extra computers and if you look like you're running business out of
your home
it even census when u boat lady energy off the grid
you're smart meter data shows of vivid profile of your personal living patterns
and whether or not you were at home
on the night of the ***
this is not electrical metering
this is personal surveillance
this is a search without a warrant everyday
this is your personal private life going straight out
through your electric meter to the power company to the government
to the police
to the insurance company to anyone who cuts a deal with your power company to
look at your life under a microscope
sorry it's actually worse than that
people who don't cut a deal
can get your information to
by simply intercepting the wireless signal spewing from the side of your
house
smart meters our radio transmitters
here's how you tell
this one is a one wat radio station licensed by the f_c_c_
on this all-news radio station every detail of your electrical life issuing
off to some institutional datacenter somewhere
already the police in ohio texas british columbia and places i don't know about
are regularly using smart meter data
to pinpoint marijuana grow houses
enforced business licenses and punish people for doing things in the privacy
of their own homes that you are not supposed to do but they wouldn't even
know you were doing if they weren't spying on you
your power company apparently gets to sell your personal life story to
whomever in walks
ini unusual power consumption pattern is considered probable cause to review for
a growing marijuana
or running a computer server without a business license
this is about as big brother as it gets
those friendly men with their truckload of smart meters or going door-to-door
with something belittle different
than a christmas carol
my personal opinion is that you and i needed demanded that these things be
taken off our homes
it is not possible for your power company to claim they have the right
to install of surveillance device on your house
smart meters are no different
from wiretapping devices
and in case you didn't know wiretapping is illegal in all fifty of the state's
and the federal territories
if you like your power company put a smart meter on your house
you may as well walk around all day with a face book helmet webcam pointed at
yourself
they have convinced themselves installing smart meters is lawful
by some
uh... reaching to the moon dr called implied consent
if you say they can change your meter
they pretend you consent even when you don't know really what they're doing
here's a tip
tell them they can't change your meter
they had no trouble billing you with the old meter
if you send them a notice by certified mail
that they may not install a smart meter or any other surveillance devices on
your house
their implied consent goes out the window
i would do that if i were you
in fact i did that and i'm not even you
you could see a copy of my letter in the drop down into this video
you can copy and paste that into your word processor
nature and change the info into your own info
the post office will give you the certified mail slip
those friendly guys on the sidewalk told me that they plan to put a smart meter
on every house in america
if they do that it will no longer b
america