Reply to post: Re: Nightly downloads - they're already robbing us blind

Energy companies aren't going to slurp your personal data. Honest

A Ghost

Re: Nightly downloads - they're already robbing us blind

That's one way of doing it. And that particular exploit is always a possibility by a rogue or disgruntled employee.

Far more likely however is something like, say, ooh, making an insurance claim, and your insurance company secretly scanning your leccy usage to only find out that when your house WAS robbed, you had actually been away for 32 days, which is a breach of your home insurance policy - you have to notify them if you are leaving your property unattended for 31 days or more. Sorry, no payment for you.

That is just one way off the top of my head this WILL be abused. The possibilities are endless. But it's for our benefit, right?

And so we saunter, arms outstretched, to our very own zombie apocalypse...

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