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I think it's only a matter of degree. And at every level someone can complain. So where do you draw the line? Watching a meter spin or reading it once a mon

I think it's only a matter of degree. And at every level someone can complain. So where do you draw the line? Watching a meter spin or reading it once a month you can tell if someone is on vacation. Isn't that equally private and personal information?

shkkmo 5y ago
It is a matter of degree, but that degree is not small. Anytime you decrease the interval, you need to justify the commensurate loss of privacy. You can't just handwave away these concerns like posters in this thread are doing. A rough inference of which months might involve vacations (data about which is probably already being sold from other sources) is far less invasive than a daily record of your sleep cycle. With the lack of privacy laws in the US, it is pretty much a given that this data will be sold as soon as the private utility companies in the US start collecting it.
- idiotsecant 5y ago
  ...You say from your personal wiretapping device.
  - shkkmo 5y ago
    Which I have the ability to choose when/if I am survieled by by leaving it at home or throwing it in a river.
    - onethought 5y ago
      You can turn your power off too whenever you like.