An old colleague of mine now has a job crunching this data. He says if they want they can tell exactly what appliances have been on and when (unique signature or something). Sinister but no real application yet, but you can see how it could be worked into extra charges e.g. using the dryer when its sunny outside.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2018, 8:55, Share, Reply)
Which is precisely why I don’t want one fitted.
They can be used to collect a shitload of data on customers with no clarity regarding the purposes to which that can be put, good or evil. Their only legitimate use should be to supplant regular meter readings on a like-for-like basis, but even that argument falls apart when you realise that a meter reading is also a meter inspection for safety or tampering.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2018, 9:16, Share, Reply)
They can be used to collect a shitload of data on customers with no clarity regarding the purposes to which that can be put, good or evil. Their only legitimate use should be to supplant regular meter readings on a like-for-like basis, but even that argument falls apart when you realise that a meter reading is also a meter inspection for safety or tampering.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2018, 9:16, Share, Reply)