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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 <a href="https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk</a> 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. <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=smud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMUD</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=smartmeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartMeters</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=eff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EFF</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Utilities</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Electricity</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spying</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=warrantlesssearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarrantlessSearch</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cops</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Police</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/privacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@privacy@a.gup.pe</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/infosec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@infosec@a.gup.pe</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/infostorm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@infostorm@a.gup.pe</a>

News BeepChokeholds, bikers, ‘roving patrols’: Are Trump’s ICE tactics legal?An appellate court appears poised to side with the federal judge who blocked immigration agents from conducting “roving… <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsBeep</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Headlines</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/9thcircuitcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#9thcircuitcourt</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/appellatecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#appellatecourt</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/argument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#argument</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/biker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biker</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#case</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/federalagent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federalagent</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/immigrationenforcementagent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrationenforcementagent</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injunction</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/JusticeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JusticeDepartment</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/losangelestimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#losangelestimes</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#people</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/plaintiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plaintiff</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Policy</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/roth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roth</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Us</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/25962/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsbeep.com/25962/</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CBP</a> Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#border</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/</a>

PrivacyDigestU.S. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spy</a> Agencies Get One-Stop Shop to Buy Highly Sensitive Personal DataThe government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.> considering the current administration and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ODNI</a> incompetence, I assume it won’t take long till this marketplace gets <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacked</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judge</a> Rules Blanket Search of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CellTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CellTower</a> Data <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unconstitutional</a> When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LEO</a> request <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/towerdump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#towerdump</a>, they ask <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telecom</a> for numbers and personal information of every single <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phone</a> connected to a tower during a time period. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Towerdumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Towerdumps</a> can return tens of thousands of numbers. Judge says tower dumps violate the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a>. The judge also ruled that the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cops</a> could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search. <a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/Rtc6I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/Rtc6I</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Taps <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palantir</a> to Compile Data on Americans <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlexKarp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexKarp</a> , a co-founder and the chief executive of Palantir, at a forum in Washington in April. The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work across the federal government. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tracking</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fourthamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fourthamendment</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> tools for required for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/classwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classwork</a> are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#student</a> Google faces <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lawsuit</a> for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spying</a> on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#students</a> through mandatory <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chromebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chromebook</a> use Google also accused of operating on government's behalf, which would make data acquisition a potential constitutional violation, under <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a>. It is also accused of violating a handful of other acts including <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CIPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CIPA</a>,Federal <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WiretapAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WiretapAct</a>, as well as the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COPPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COPPA</a>. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Montana</a> Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataBroker</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Loophole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Loophole</a>Montana … has just enacted the first attempt to close the dreaded, invasive, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unconstitutional</a> , but easily fixed “data broker loophole.” This is a very good step in the right direction because right now, across the country, law enforcement routinely purchases information on individuals it would otherwise need a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warrant</a> to obtain. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rights</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole</a>

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PrivacyDigestHow to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Border</a> Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cbp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cbp</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/</a>

Flipboard Tech DeskA judge in Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”— the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers — is unconstitutional. Read more at <a href="https://flipboard.com/@404media" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@404media</a>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataPrivacy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flip.it/76ymUv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/76ymUv</a>

PrivacyDigestJudge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unconstitutional</a> A judge in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nevada</a> has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thamendment</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/</a>

Alexandra ThornI'm starting to work on building up a network of Massachusetts residents interested in passing the Electronic Privacy bill.DM me if you're interested in connecting. Also, please let me know of any groups already working on this!<a href="https://better.boston/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAPoli</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MApol</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a>

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