Smart meters a concern??

[OldMedUser]

https://www.google.com/search?q=tor+decloaking

https://www.google.com/search?q=tor+compromised+exit+nodes

In all tor is better than nothing but isn't end to end encryption. Just another layer of security.

Ok so it can be done but it's not easy or they have to get you to click on a video file that uncloaks you but I'm still way more protected than running a standard browser thru my ISP. Plus websites I go to can't track me or figure out who I am.

I'm not running Silk Road or up/downloading kiddie porn so no one is going to go thru the trouble of tracking me for growing a few plants.

Still keeps my ISP in the dark and and other sites get a phony IP. Good enough.

 

[gwheels]

Where i live the upcoming legality has made it pretty useless for law enforcement to come after a person with 4 plants in a tent. It will get remanded until 2019 and expunged way before that.

 

[thumper60]

I also doubt any electric company in the US is capable of telling what appliances are used.

The software is in it's infancy and only being tested in pilot programs in other countries.

I have yet to find any article that states they use it in the US. With the exception of a couple of fringe sites like off grid or what ever it is that supports going away from electric companies.

right on bro we got the dumbed down ones here in us, seems eu is way ahead

 

[thumper60]

Read this article about Grower Privacy and the court ruling in Ontario then go buy a tinfoil hat with a big point on top to fit your head better.

I find the heavy duty works best.

 

[OldMedUser]

I find the heavy duty works best.

I only use Alcan Plus BBQ grade for all my hats.

 

[Randodred]

Thermal imaging for law enforcement was ruled illegal search and seizure, it isn’t something you should worry about unless your op is pretty sizable. The lawman has ways around the FLIR ban, they can hire private detectives to spy on you with infrared then take their time gathering evidence they can actually use, once they know they have you by the nuts. It costs them more now, so they won’t go to the trouble unless you are important to them for some reason. Stay small.

Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001), held in a 5–4 decision that the use of a thermal imaging, or FLIR, device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person's home was a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant.

 

[OldMedUser]

Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001), held in a 5–4 decision that the use of a thermal imaging, or FLIR, device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person's home was a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant.

Doesn't mean they still won't scan your house and if they see a hot spot indicating a grow room go looking for other evidence to get a warrant. Cops have been known to break some laws to enforce others if it makes their arrest record look better.

My grow room is in a concrete bunker underground so they can scan all they want.