Smart Meters

[steptoe]

he's nearly scots, tin-foil is cheaper. 

 

[Marvo]

Surely if these use mobile networks to transmit big brother data then some wont work where there is no signal or if meter is in a metal cabinet then this will block signal ?

They do use mobile networks but they're also capable of transmitting data directly between smart meters when there's a high enough density of them in an area so they can form their own network as such. If you're in a cellular network non-reception area then your usage data can be sent between other meters until it arrives at one that does have cellular reception and this meter will then act as a relay and send all the data from the other meters back to Eon and the CIA. 

 

[a3]

They do use mobile networks but they're also capable of transmitting data directly between smart meters when there's a high enough density of them in an area so they can form their own network as such. If you're in a cellular network non-reception area then your usage data can be sent between other meters until it arrives at one that does have cellular reception and this meter will then act as a relay and send all the data from the other meters back to Eon and the CIA. 

Presume you have shot your smart meter  :Salute

 

[Marvo]

 I started an awareness campaign against them in Southern Africa. We shoot them on sight around these parts. There's some privacy issues with these meters regarding the type of sensing they're capable of, they can tell with alarming accuracy what appliances you're using, how often and how long and at what time of day. Each appliance has detectable characteristics such as current draw curves, phase angle, reflected waveforms etc and these can be matched or fingerprinted. Also from the harvested data you can tell if someones at home during the day, you can tell if there's more or less occupants in a house than normal. There's lots of issues they don't talk about in the glossy pamphlets and brochures, also the protocol stack used on some of the earlier meters was also less than secure so the data they're transmitting is open to prying eyes and abuse. Apart from that they're fantastic, every house should have one

 

[pewter]

http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/

 

[Technician]

Marvo, that is frightening. Paying to have a spy

installed.  A bit like buying a management consultant

a Rolex and then paying him to tell you the time.