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

[Cat Okita]

On Sun, 1 Jan 2017, Michael Kj?rling wrote:
> 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.

Based on the local utility page (http://www.hydroone.com/MyHome/MyAccount/ConditionsofService/Pages/default.aspx):

 	"Please note that some of our meters have the functionality to
 	be remotely operated and be disconnected or reconnected without
 	an in-person visit to your property."

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