I believe, in the U.K., the "remedy" is forcible installation of a pre-pay meter.
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do you know if the UK spec for "normal" smartmeters includes remote shutdown? cc @milonoblet
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Not as far as I know - read only / monitoring, AFAIK.
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This one, for instance: Remote toggle to PPM means "Remote off switch"pic.twitter.com/zyOphLIz5E
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In a few tweets, you've provided much more useful info than the Times piece did.
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It seems that You could been remotely cut off and hacking could be one way. German cancelled Their scheme as little benefit...
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Really? Smart meter in our home is basically a dumb terminal.
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So what is the benefit for consumers, companies or society of these smart meters. Just wondering and googling??
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- You may wish to read and if you see fit, circulate this information which seems quite damning. http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/resources/what-are-smart-meters/ …
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They might report massive usage to the Electric company. Who in turn might report to police as a drugs factory.
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@alexbloor You can't see how this could be abused to cause an entire town to fall into anarchy? Just toggle all power on & off -
Toggle it a few hundred times to cause surging across the network, blowing many light bulbs, TVs & damaging rebooting PCs.
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Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Scaremongering at its best !
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Can the meter remotely shut off your electric? Look at what happened to VW and the test rigs.
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Did the leccie companies get the security code independently verified? Did they outsource it to the lowest bidder?
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