A data privacy watchdog's lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed customers’ power use information to police so they could target illicit.
A California utility, which searches for marijuana growers via electricity usage, deliberately targeted Asians, says a watchdog group, resulting in disproportionate penalties.
A data privacy watchdog's lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed customers’ power use information to police so they could target illicit marijuana grows, without requiring a warrant or suspicion of wrongdoing
A data privacy watchdog s lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed customers’ power use information to police so they could target illicit marijuana grows, without requiring a warrant or suspicion of wrongdoing
Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes.