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.
Which is dumb as hell because it’s hot as fuck here. I live here and regularly have my AC running nearly non-stop in the summer, as well as everyone else. I’m white so I guess I’m safe?? That’s so fucked up.