<story><title>Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm</title><url>https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hacker-smart-meter-texas-snowstorm/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>theshrike79</author><text>Note to people outside of the US who are worried about this:&lt;p&gt;The rest of the world uses 3G&amp;#x2F;4G modems in their smart meters, they are usually also connected to a different APN than generic mobile data. Sometimes multiple meters are connected to a central hub with a physical wire (in apartment buildings for example). The hub is then the only gateway to the internet.&lt;p&gt;The hack in question is only viable because of the weird way US smart meter collection is done.&lt;p&gt;US Smart Meters use RF to shout out their values everywhere like an RF beacon. A power company vehicle drives around the neighbourhood, collecting the values, storing them and moves on.&lt;p&gt;Source: I did smart metering software for L+G.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm</title><url>https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hacker-smart-meter-texas-snowstorm/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dylan604</author><text>&amp;quot;quietly emit data that shows how long businesses and residences have gone since their last power outage&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;who knew that &amp;#x27;uptime&amp;#x27; would be such a security potential?</text></comment>