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Re:Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home by d33dd3d3 on Saturday January 25, 2025 @04:05PM (#42824848)
Looking at the electric consumption of my 30 closest neighbors using an RTL-SDR, I'm still wondering what I should do with the information.
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Re:Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home by abosherid on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:06PM (#42825360)
Are the electric readings sent in plaintext or trivially decrypted?
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Re:Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home by mh- on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:47PM (#42825717)
Unencrypted, I'm sure.

I hadn't thought to look for smart meters, but my RTL-SDR (and my Flipper Zero) can pick up all sorts of temperature sensors, etc.

A quick google found this rtlamr project with a number of blog posts about people doing this with it.

https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr

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Re:Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home by tejtm on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:34PM (#42825597)
only ethical move would be to move your own consumption to when theirs is lowest and not retain any data but your own
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