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A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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According to a motion the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed in Sacramento Superior Court last week, Nguyen and Decker are only two of more than 33,000 Sacramento-area people who have been flagged to the sheriff’s department by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the electricity provider for the region. SMUD called the customers out for using what it and department investigators said were suspiciously high amounts of electricity indicative of illegal cannabis farming.

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ha ha I'm in danger!

I have a hydroponics setup that would make pot growers jealous but I grow chili's and tomatoes in it.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

So we get this tip, chief, water and power bills, big trash bags, the usual. We go in hot break the door kill the dog all by the book, and you wont believe what we see:

Santorini, Tiny Tim, Tomaccio, Big Beef, well lit in these pristine pots like its fucking Breaking Bad. All the while the owner's blabbering how it's a mistake and this isn't for sale, we've all heard it.

So I put them down and go check the cellar just in case, and this is where the worst of it was. H1776-2023, the pesticide resistant variation, straight from Monsanto labs.

Naturally the sick bastard had an accident on the way, let the coroner do the booking.