Re: "Smart meters are 'dangerously insecure'"
> If your electricity meter is outside your house, your electrictiy co is doing it very very wrong.
I don't know where you live, but every single property I have lived/rented/been in, had the electricity meter outside the property.
The only place where I didn't see this was an old victorian house. There the wiring entered in the cellar, and the electricity meter was in there, with wiring going off everywhere else.
I think most post victorian built buildings have the meter outside, so the electricity man can check/repair/alter the meter without needing entry into the house.
Bonus: You don't have to be in for the electricity engineer to come work on the meter or read off the values.
Downside: You can't stop them working on the meter by denying them entry to your home. In theory if the government decide in future, they can replace your meter with a smart one with nothing more than a notification. If it is in the house, they would need your permission to enter to do the install, and you could refuse.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
