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RSS FeedsIs your smart meter spying on you?
(The Guardian Money News)

 
 

24 june 2017 08:13:02

 
Is your smart meter spying on you?
(The Guardian Money News)
 


The French are getting heated up about their meters collecting data on their daily lives. Perhaps the British should be concerned tooThey are the mini-computers being installed in 30m UK homes and businesses in an £11bn programme that will allow the energy companies to remotely monitor our gas and electricity usage. But could smart meters also become the new spies in our homes, raising fresh fears about a surveillance society as they track our daily activities?Campaigners in France, where a similar installation programme is taking place, think so. On holiday in Bordeaux recently I was struck by posters advertising a demo called `Stop Linky`. Linky is the name of French utility giant EDF´s new smart meter, but it has sparked a more vociferous backlash than here. `Dites NON! aux compteurs communicants LINKY,` posters shouted ahead of a demo in mid-June, with others planned around the country.  Continue reading...


 
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