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SheltieLover

(74,040 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:26 PM Friday

Lawyer explains how your "smart" elect meter can be used by ICE & police against you

Jfc, how do they come up with this shit?

He talks about immigration agencies getting info from power companies to try to discern whether more people are living in a home than expected.

Electric usage is obtained from power companies to attempt to discern whether someone is growing weed...

Police & ICE access the meter data with subpoenas vs warrants.

Then, he states, they storm the house with armed goons, often for no reason!

Wtaf???

Remember, they're only trying to protect us from ourselves. Don't smoke a joint. Instead, saturate your food in Round Up & gorge on that.

Ps - some states allow consumers to completely or partially opt out of data collection from smart meters.

I have nothing at all to hide but would use all opt outs avail me me, however, sadly, I'm stuck in the red shithole TN which has no opt out.

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Lawyer explains how your "smart" elect meter can be used by ICE & police against you (Original Post) SheltieLover Friday OP
There was a thing markodochartaigh Friday #1
The lawyer talked about a case where a man had used 140 gal of water between 1 & 3 am SheltieLover Friday #2
That's another thing, markodochartaigh Friday #4
Absolutely! The video shows a map with states having opt out options highlighted SheltieLover Friday #5
They could also use infrared from helicopters to spot excessive heat coming from residences, Jack Valentino Friday #15
When I moved into my place, snot Friday #3
Good for you! SheltieLover Friday #6
Very Sensitive to Wifi... TheJillMill Friday #11
Illuminating! Alice Kramden Friday #7
Yw, AK SheltieLover Friday #8
Yep Alice Kramden Friday #16
they coerced us into getting one NJCher Friday #9
No options here in redneck hell. SheltieLover Friday #10
We opted out on general principles, but they charged a premium for sending a human to read the meter Hekate Friday #12
Kick dalton99a Friday #13
Thx! SheltieLover Friday #14

markodochartaigh

(4,191 posts)
1. There was a thing
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:31 PM
Friday

where officers would go after people who ordered materials to grow plants indoors. This seems similar. Although they may find some libertarian bitcoin miners who are using lots of electricity.

SheltieLover

(74,040 posts)
2. The lawyer talked about a case where a man had used 140 gal of water between 1 & 3 am
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:37 PM
Friday

In their infinite wisdom, leo's decided the man (Arkansas) had murdered someone & used the water to clean up the mess.

They busted the guy but were unable to actually prove he did anything other than use 140 gal of water between 1 & 3 am.

Meanwhile, the man's life was upended!



markodochartaigh

(4,191 posts)
4. That's another thing,
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:11 PM
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even if they admit, or are proven to be wrong, the person still can lose everything trying to defend themselves.

Jack Valentino

(3,395 posts)
15. They could also use infrared from helicopters to spot excessive heat coming from residences,
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:00 PM
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which could indicate a possible grow operation using multiple powerful lights....

snot

(11,307 posts)
3. When I moved into my place,
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:59 PM
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I paid extra to have the utility replace the "smart" meter with a traditional one.

Not only are "smart" meters spying on us, the're also irradiating us.

TheJillMill

(66 posts)
11. Very Sensitive to Wifi...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:21 PM
Friday

... It raises my blood pressure so I turn it off most of the time (yes, there are peer-reviewed studies on wifi sensitivity). Then I heard that smart meters could be even more dangerous, so I pay over $13 a month to opt out ($40 the first payment). Our utility (now based in Spain!) for upstate New York has raised prices a whole lot. I find if I send in the meter readings myself, I don't have to deal with the every-other-month ridiculously high estimate that you have to pay no matter what. And my bills have actually dropped to not much more than they were originally (no more than $130 monthly) in my rural loft house near Ithaca, NY.

SheltieLover

(74,040 posts)
8. Yw, AK
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:29 PM
Friday

It's beyond me how they even think of such devious things!

They sure are terrified of weed & people with more pigment in their skin.

NJCher

(41,572 posts)
9. they coerced us into getting one
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:08 PM
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by threatening to charge us an extra $12 a month for not having a smart meter:

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If you are a residential electric customer and you do not have a smart meter installed, and you do not make an installation appointment, you will be charged a $12 monthly.

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an extra $144 a year for opting out.

SheltieLover

(74,040 posts)
10. No options here in redneck hell.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:14 PM
Friday

Might be worth it if your schedule is not considered to be "normal."

Hekate

(99,621 posts)
12. We opted out on general principles, but they charged a premium for sending a human to read the meter
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:34 PM
Friday

That was years ago. When we moved, I don’t think we kept it up.

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