And there is a lack of security in them
Think you get spam now; wait till your info is really given to third parties
I wish I could find the article that I read here a few years ago. The source article was a brochure from a company touting the "awesomeness" of smart meters, that could be incorporated into the "smart grid" and coupled with RFID tags that could--
automatically dim/brighten lights
note that you are out of toothpaste (track what products enter/leave)
dis/arm your burglar alarm, among others.
“a company touting the “awesomeness” of smart meters,’
The technology of security is increasing almost exponentially. Look at drones. What will they be like in ten years? If you own a large estate, there will probably be drones available for your personal security use that fly 24/7. Then there will be the risk of your droned being hacked. So new drone anti-hacking security will be needed.
And that’s just one scenario.
Companies have engineers, researchers, scientists, working on these things 24/7. Why? because there’s good money to be made. I’m all for that, but serious constitutional issues will arise.
Shouldn't be anything a nice isolation transformer and some capacity storage / peak shaving on the back (load) side shouldn't be able to cure. I realize you shouldn't HAVE to go to all that trouble to keep information you own out of the hands of others, but at least there's a workaround.