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Do we want them to know?
BobA:
Another intrusion into our lives.
hypernova:
Holy crap! They know when I'm sleeping?!? ::)
Pretty sure I have one outside my house. Don't really care it's there, either. Brokaw seems to have forgotten his tin hat for that video.
I live in Ohio, and have had heard of people getting busted for the marijuana growing in their house. I'm pretty sure they could've been nailed whether it was a smart meter or not, because growing marijuana indoors requires a TON of energy. They'll notice that uncommon amount of juice you suck away for no apparent reason at some point.
Donkbaca:
They also bust indoor weed growers because of their water bills, and they also use infrared cameras on helicopters to find hot houses
Howard_Casto:
Wow that guy lives in crazy town.
Apparently he doesn't seem to understand that while the meter is brand new, the outlets and wiring in your house is the same old stuff. You can't detect ANYTHING except power usage.
And guess what, they could do that before. The only real difference is that now instead of physically inspecting a meter, which already collected stuff like average consumption per day, peak hours ect... they can do it without leaving their truck, which is awesome because now they don't block you in your driveway by showing up at just the "right" time. ;)
I mean sure they can get a little more data in terms of specific usage hours, but I don't see how that's invasive or terribly illegal. If anything it's quite useful as the power company can predict brown outs or peak usage days and compensate for it.
Also the stuff about detecting drug houses and helping solve crimes seems like a GOOD thing to me. Why? Because I'm not a criminal.
To be honest I'm more interested in the protocol they use... it would be fun to have such statistics available to me abotu my own power habits.
Xiaou2:
The problem is that its just one more thing that monitors and tracks your life. Used in conjunction with every other device... it paints a picture of clarity thats shockingly clear.
While it may seem harmless today... Imagine if someone like Hitler managed to snake their ways into power. Using tracking technology, it would make it nearly impossible to stop them... because any small variance in behavior would be immediately noticed.
For all the good it might do, it contains the possibility to forever damn the entire world.
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