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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

After hearing a talk, a Dallas-based hacker set out to find out what was going on inside the smart meter attached to his home, and what he found was surprising. This included the rapid adoption of smart meters. We need to install Smart Meters now to make this happen. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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What Is Our Professional Future?

Brandeis Records Manager

Like most people, I prefer to have a reasonable sense of job security, as long as my interest is engaged. The “public ledger” role and “smart contract” applications of blockchain already in existence sound suspiciously familiar to our turf, and they’re handled by encryption keys and code, not by people.