Friday, March 19, 2010

Big Brother Big Brother...

EFF IS DEMANDING BETTER PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR
ENERGY CUSTOMERS RECEIVING "SMART METERS," new devices
that measure your home's energy use in unprecedented
detail. Energy usage data, measured moment by moment,
allows the reconstruction of a household's activities:
when people wake up, when they come home, when they
go on vacation, and maybe even when they take a hot
bath. Without strong protections, this information can and
will be secured by civil litigants (like divorce lawyers
or insurance companies), criminals, law enforcement, and
more. The states and the federal government should ensure
that energy customers get the protection they deserve at
their homes -- where privacy rights should be strongest.

For more about smart meters and privacy:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/new-smart-meters-energy-use-put-privacy-risk

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