hehe... effectively, yes, oh the irony.... You have to consider tho, that the smart meters don't operate on the public internet, its all on a proprietary WAN (

hehe... effectively, yes, oh the irony.... You have to consider tho, that the smart meters don't operate on the public internet, its all on a proprietary WAN (government specified). There are many, many wacky design decisions regarding the UKs smart metering design but they do at least make an effort regarding security and robustness.