[LINK] Not so smart meters?

Tom Koltai tomk at unwired.com.au
Tue May 3 17:51:00 AEST 2011



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Koltai [mailto:tomk at unwired.com.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 4:34 PM
> To: 'Alex (Maxious) Sadleir'
> Subject: RE: [LINK] Not so smart meters?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au
> > [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alex 
> > (Maxious) Sadleir
> > Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 3:40 PM
> > To: Link list
> > Subject: Re: [LINK] Not so smart meters?
> > 
> > 
> > I remember hearing about these meters and the Telstra Machine
> > 2 Machine product - they were meant to save money for Aurora 
> > by not being activated before installation 
> > http://www.itnews.com.au/Tools/Print.aspx?> CIID=233506
> > I'm 
> > surprised they're not automatically locked 
> > to a specific IMEI (unique station identifier) on first 
> > use/activation.
> > 
> <SNIP>
> 
> Or, that Pin 5 is not locked an a low non standard voltage 
> with all other voltages zapping the card. (VPP - it's in the 
> spec... And takes about ten minutes to set-up....) A GSM 
> (UMTS) card is just a storage device for 256 fields of data 
> like a floppy disk with sectors. Just like any storage device 
> it can be programmed to be unable to be read 
> without the right encryption [read voltage - think partition]. 
> Think Mondex.
> How Telco's can overlook utilising the base included 
> technology has always been beyond me...
> 
> /body
> 




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