Sacramento’s power company and law enforcement agencies have been running an illegal mass surveillance scheme for years, using our power meters as home-mounted spies. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is seeking to end Sacramento’s dragnet surveillance of energy customers and have asked for a court order to stop this practice for good.
“Sir, why is your usage so high? Are you growing drugs?”
“No, I’m just running my own data center in my basement.”
I actually am doing that kinda, I have an always on server running in my apartment (no basement)…