Privacy experts are warning that the so-called smart grid efforts could usher in a new class of concerns, as utilities begin collecting more granular data about consumers daily power consumption. Technologists already are worried about the security implications of linking nearly all elements of the U.S. power grid to the public Internet. The People Nearby feature in the secure messaging app can be abused to unmask a user s precise location, a researcher said.
Source: https://threatpost.com/privacy-concerns-raised-about-smart-grids-111809/73125/