[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?
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> > 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>
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> 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...
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> /body
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