[Cryptography] Smart electricity meters can be dangerously insecure, warns expert

[dj at deadhat.com]

> So a smart meter perhaps has a way to shut off electricity remotely.
> Personally, I can see the validity of such a use case from the power
> company's point of view. But that also implies that it has (or at the
> very least a very strong _should_ have) a way to turn the power back
> on remotely.
>

The smart meters I am familiar with cannot control the electricity.

The payoff of smart meters is saving costs by reading meters remotely.
Adding expensive control components wouldn't be cost effective.