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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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