Your Power Bill Is a Surveillance Log: Pattern of Life Data and Who's Watching

What if your electricity provider could tell you’re not home without ever looking out the window?

They can. Your smart meter has already done it. Every 15 minutes—sometimes every few seconds—it reports when you wake up, cook dinner, leave for work, and go to bed. That’s not just kilowatt-hours. That’s a Pattern of Life (PoL) map of your household, transmitted without your meaningful consent.

No tinfoil hat required. It’s all legal.