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    Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 23 Sep 2016

    Hello. Is there anyone at The Times with the nous to ask: how the hell could hacking a smart meter disrupt your electricity supply?pic.twitter.com/d11Phji830

    11:38 PM - 23 Sep 2016
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      2. Neil Brown‏ @neil_neilzone 25 Sep 2016

        I believe, in the U.K., the "remedy" is forcible installation of a pre-pay meter.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Bloorjack Horseman‏ @alexbloor 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @neil_neilzone

        do you know if the UK spec for "normal" smartmeters includes remote shutdown? cc @milonoblet @bazzacollins @discreetsecure

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      4. Neil Brown‏ @neil_neilzone 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @alexbloor @bazzacollins @discreetsecure

        Not as far as I know - read only / monitoring, AFAIK.

        4 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Nigel Tolley #FBPEU‏ @discreetsecure 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @neil_neilzone @alexbloor @bazzacollins

        This one, for instance: Remote toggle to PPM means "Remote off switch"pic.twitter.com/zyOphLIz5E

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @discreetsecure @neil_neilzone @alexbloor

        In a few tweets, you've provided much more useful info than the Times piece did.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Nigel Tolley #FBPEU‏ @discreetsecure 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins @neil_neilzone @alexbloor

        Thanks. One of the great things about Twitter is it shorts the distance between experts!

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      2. Southend Sites‏ @SouthendSites 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        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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      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @SouthendSites

        Really? Smart meter in our home is basically a dumb terminal.

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      4. Power‏ @OfPowerNegative 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins @SouthendSites

        So what is the benefit for consumers, companies or society of these smart meters. Just wondering and googling??

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      1. Mike Henson‏ @MikeHenson 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        - 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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      1. John Wright‏ @fortyrunner 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        They might report massive usage to the Electric company. Who in turn might report to police as a drugs factory.

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      2. Nigel Tolley #FBPEU‏ @discreetsecure 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @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

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      3. Nigel Tolley #FBPEU‏ @discreetsecure 25 Sep 2016
        Replying to @discreetsecure

        Toggle it a few hundred times to cause surging across the network, blowing many light bulbs, TVs & damaging rebooting PCs.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Justin M-Lawrence‏ @jmartinlawrence 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @alexbloor ha ha ha!

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      1. Glyn Balmer‏ @fredrobot 24 Sep 2016
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        Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Scaremongering at its best ! #GIGO

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      1. John Wright‏ @fortyrunner 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        Can the meter remotely shut off your electric? Look at what happened to VW and the test rigs.

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      1. John Wright‏ @fortyrunner 23 Sep 2016
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        Did the leccie companies get the security code independently verified? Did they outsource it to the lowest bidder?

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