This has actually happened, and it's a sign that police culture is broken where it happens. It should take way more than a high electric bill to get a warrant and that evidence should involve investigative work.
What's the charge? Hosting an application? A succulent containerized application?
You joke, but we already know that simply using Linux gets you on an NSA watch list.
https://www.eweek.com/security/linux-lands-on-nsa-watch-list/
This is why I named my strain "Golden Kubernetes"
keep the server farm in front of the weed grow. they'll lose interest. (as they say, business in front, party in the back. Just not for hair.)
Police: You are wasting electricity just to get high! Me: How many times do I have to explain it is high availability
This gave me a good chuckle.
"How many times do I have to tell you, I'm training an AI to shitpost on social media! No, I don't know why!"
