Smart Meters Raise Privacy Outcry - Internet Evolution
Why is a place stuffed with Priuses and solar panels adamantly opposed to smart electric meters? Moreover, why should you care?
In Vermont, where utilities say they plan to roll out smart meters in 2012, a group called StopSMeters has mounted a campaign to derail this effort, and a prime plank is its worries about privacy because, says StopSMeters, utilities have no expertise in safeguarding personal information.
The UK government looks to install 53 million smart meters in 30 million homes and businesses by 2019 -- and come 2020 it says households will annually save about ₤23 (US$36) apiece.
Is that a fair price for loss of your privacy? Thirty-six bucks?
Just maybe the citizens in Fairfax, Calif., and in Vermont have a point.
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