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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

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For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. It's estimated that within the first year, over half the homes in the United States had spark meters installed. During a harsh winter storm, the state of Texas experienced massive blackouts.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

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The Federal Trade Commission in the United States, banned an app called SpyPhone, and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, from operating in the surveillance industry. Fortunately, there are those in the InfoSec world, who are actively looking at the subject and speaking out at conferences, such as Black Hat. In early September 2021.