Oops: Police bust marijuana farmer using Google Earth

Times they are a-changin'

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It used to be so easy to be a pot farmer. You'd quit your job and liquidate your assets. Maybe buy a plot of land on the forest's edge. Perhaps you'd even get yourself a big, shaggy dog to hang out with you on the porch.

But times they are a-changin' — and a not-insignificant cause is the increasingly sophisticated eyes of technology.

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Chris Gayomali is the science and technology editor for TheWeek.com. Previously, he was a tech reporter at TIME. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic, among other places. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.