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More on EFF lawsuit: When Smart Meters turn into spy tools

[Ed: Is this practice common throughout the utility industry nationally and internationally?] Sacramento’s electric utility turned energy data into a blunt-force tool for unchecked home surveillance. From Reclaim the NetJuly 23, 2025By Ken Macon California’s robust privacy protections are facing … Continue reading

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Electronic Frontier Foundation: U.S. Homeland Security new HART database to include DNA, biometrics, “relationship patterns” on citizens and foreigners

Smart Meter data will be one facet of personal information compiled on every person. DHS’s plans for future data collection and use should make us all very worried. For example, despite pushback from EFF, Georgetown, ACLU, and others, DHS believes it’s legally authorized to collect and … Continue reading

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Privacy advocacy groups file amicus brief, raise privacy implications of Smart Meter data

“Smart meter data reveals intimate details about what is going on inside the home. The lower court made false assumptions about how smart meter technology works, and its decision is a threat to the privacy of the 57 million and … Continue reading

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