Is your modem in your computer to communicate this very moment? HELL NO! Your modem is OUTSIDE of your computer as we speak to act as a mediator between you and your IP. I've already told you smart meters act as a modem (mediator) to communicate not only with appliances but also with your computers through the electrical wiring in your house. If you want to choose to ignore this FACT, then so be it. That's on you.
You need two devices... one to modulate, and one to demodulate a signal across a power line. If your smart meter is one... where is the other one? How does this modem interface with your computer?
Bottom Line: You're an ignorant ass who claims to be an electrical engineer but have exhibited that is further from the truth. I'm DONE with you! Not going to bother wasting my time any further with an Ignorant ass like yourself spamming up this board.[/b]
How am I the "ass" when you are the one shouting, calling people names, and trying to defend a non-defendable assertion? The NSA cannot spy on your computer simply by you connecting it to the power line. Your computer has no physical ability to modulate a signal without specialized hardware to do so.
The simple fact that you claim it to be so... but cannot describe how it can be done... does not make me the "ass."
A SMALL TASTE FROM 2012 OF WHAT I KNOW FOR A "FACT" THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR A "LONG" TIME: Again, ONLY a SMALL taste... This ONLY scratches the surface of what I "KNOW" for a "FACT" they can do. So, keep acting like a damn ignorant fool. I know this to be a FACT just from my experience in the field for 3 decades as a Transmission Engineer in the communications field.DO NOT ASSUME I'M SAYING THIS IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS RECORDING EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT'S ACTUALLY DONE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY AND DONE WITH THE SMART METER ACTING AS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN YOUR COMPUTER AND THE AGENCY OR CORPORATION RECORDING YOUR DATA (EVERYTHING YOU DO). I'm simply showing you if this is possible through existing hardware in peoples home, it's also very possible through a smart meter acting as the modem. Then, maybe you're wondering how the signal is converted (modulated) at the transformer in the computer when it converts AC to DC to communicate with your computer. That's for those like me and engineers at DARPA to know and for everyone else to figure out. I specialize on everything that connects everything together.
NOT the actual devices that are connected. I can tell you what has to be done to communicate between two or more parties on whatever infrastructure you want each parties equipment to communicate under during a particular condition. It's up to other engineers of that equipment to get it done.
DEFCON 19: Hacking Your Victims Over Power Lines (w speaker) -
REMINDER - This ONLY provides an example of the possibilities. You would be surprised what they can do through a smart meter. Guess where the majority of those smart meters are made. China -
v=XjBJHy1hD_A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjBJHy1hD_A
Lol... did you actually bother to watch it? All they were doing was sniffing and jamming existing powerline communication protocols like X10 using an arduino. Your computer does not communicate over powerlines using X10, Zigbee, Homeplug, or any other standard powerline communication protocol without an external device connected to it to interpret those signals... a modem.
So, again... you proved my point.
Now, they did touch on a method that has been well known for a long time for penetration testing where you use powerline ethernet devices to get inside your corporate network. But again... you need a powerline modem on the inside... that requires you to get it inside the building... and that is just standard ethernet hacking at that point. You can sniff for traffic, attempt password hacks, known exploits... all standard hacking.
None of this supports your claim that by simply plugging your computer to a power line, the NSA can spy on you.