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

[Allen]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> wrote:
>>> A smart electric meter provides a way to read electricity used remotely.  It might, I suppose, have a way to shut off
>>> current remotely - but I rather doubt it - how often do electric companies need to cut off the power to a subscriber?
>>
>> I'm glad to hear that in your experience it is almost inconceivable
>> that someone is unable to pay their electric bill, but in the real
>> world, this happens all the time....
> You're missing the point.  Yes, customers get cut off for failure to pay.  Does it happen often enough to make it worthwhile to build "turn off power remotely" capabilities into meters?

I think you're also missing the point--which is that you know almost
nothing about this and are in no position to give an informed opinion.