For years, Sacramento has been running an illegal scheme using power meters for mass surveillance. Last week, we asked for a court order to stop this practice for good.
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When Your Power Meter Becomes a Tool of Mass Surveillance
Sacramento’s power company and law enforcement agencies have been running an illegal mass surveillance scheme for years, using our power meters a...
“As time went on the Sacramento power company and the local police defined more and more people as engaged in suspicious behavior,” including power usage in line with heating a pool or charging a car, EFF’s [@Adam_D_Schwartz](
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Sacramento cops targeted weed crops with energy records: EFF
: Raided homes despite known likelihood that aircon or EVs could explain high electricity consumption
DHS and HHS are scheming to use Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. Read the amicus brief from EFF and our friends at EPIC and Protect Democracy Project.
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EFF to Court: Protect Our Health Data from DHS
The federal government is trying to use Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. So EFF and our friends at EPIC and the Protect Democracy P...