TechdirtVictory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program In Sacramento
3NCR1PT4D0🧩 4️⃣ Corte ordena detener programa de vigilancia con medidores de electricidad en Sacramento.
Un juez de California decidió poner fin a un programa conjunto entre el servicio eléctrico SMUD y la policía que recolectaba datos granulares de consumo eléctrico (“smart meters”) de todos los clientes, sin sospecha individual.
La corte concluyó que ese monitoreo masivo violaba la ley estatal de privacidad, porque transformar el uso eléctrico en evidencia sin causa era una forma de vigilancia indiscriminada.
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2025 Electricity Amendment Bill: Impacts on consumers, industries, and government with significant changes shaping the nation’s future.
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OCTADESMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.
The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed
https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk
Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.
Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.
Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.
#SMUD #SmartMeters #EFF #Privacy #Utilities #Electricity #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spying #4thAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #Constitution #CivilRights #Courts #Lawsuit #SCOTUS #Cops #Police #Extortion #Fraud
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The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed
https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk
Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.
Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.
Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.
#SMUD #SmartMeters #EFF #Privacy #Utilities #Electricity #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spying #4thAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #Constitution #CivilRights #Courts #Lawsuit #SCOTUS #Cops #Police #Extortion #Fraud
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The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed
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News BeepOfgem announces £40 payouts for smart meter households | Personal Finance | Finance
Everyone with a smart meter will be eligible for £40 payments if they have to wait more than…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/46571/
The-14How the UK’s cold weather payments need to change to help prevent people freezing in winter
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https://the-14.com/how-the-uks-cold-weather-payments-need-to-change-to-help-prevent-people-freezing-in-winter/
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https://the-14.com/how-the-uks-cold-weather-payments-need-to-change-to-help-prevent-people-freezing-in-winter/
How the UK’s cold weather payments need to change to help prevent people freezing in winter | The-14
Cold weather payments could be sent directly to customers with smart meters. (Shutterstock) In colder weather, more people use emergency credit and disconnect from power more often. Emergency credit is provided by the utility as a short-term loan. Self-disconnections occur when the household has no credit left and they have no energy supply. The government’s