I was at a local hacker space for a photo-op visit by the mayor. One of the things she talked about was the city's new smart power grid. Several members were upset about the fact that they were required to have these meters on their house, mostly because of how insecure they were. If I remember correctly, they were not password protected, and they had just turned off SSID broadcasting. One of the members couldn't help himself and showed her how trivial it was to access the meter's mesh network, which he demonstrated by pinging the meter at the mayors mansion. It was an awkward evening.
Do you mine stating which city this was in? I ask because I've a long-standing curiosity about which cities still maintain mayors' mansions (and governors' mansions). I know New York does, but I haven't run into it too many other places.
Confusingly enough, the "mayor's house" belonged to the city's first mayor, and is now a museum and event space. It has a proper name, but the locals all know it as the mayors house. It is not a residence set aside for the current mayor.
