Is Your Electricity Meter Spying On You? 405
lee1 writes "If you have a 'smart meter,' it is collecting data that can reveal when you wake up, when you leave for work and come home, when you go on vacation and when you take a shower. This data is commercially valuable and, if sold to third parties, can lead to privacy invasion on a massive scale. The California Public Utility Commission is reacting to the gas and electric company's mass installation of these meters with new proposals for strong privacy protections."
Paranoia run rampant? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Infrared imaging of homes ... (Score:3, Informative)
"Like odors, IR leaking into the public domain needs no warrant."
Nope. An infrared scan constitutes a search. They would have to get a warrant, first, in order to do the thermal imaging.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States