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Inside a smart meter, and the REAL problem with them.

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Repair, teardowns & right to repairElectronics & circuit designPower grid, heating & buildings

What it is

Big Clive tears down a smart meter with a wireless modem found among fly-tipped materials. He examines its internals and checks conspiracy claims about microphones, cameras and 5G.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pointed to as a clear look at what is inside a smart meter, including anti-tamper switches and the cellular module.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of the best explorations I've seen of this is Big Clive's tear down of a smart meter.”

    Teardown showing anti-tampering switches and last-gasp modem capacitor

    jon-wood, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Bypassing ESP32 Encrypted Secure Boot”

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Topics: smart meter, electronics teardown, big clive, gprs modem, tamper detection

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