huntsman Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) Due to the number of Tv Licence evaders Consumers are concerened that the detector vans can snoop on internet usage I am not in favour of such an abuse of power the BBc do not have the right to snoop on what internet usage you have,albeit an excuse to invade hyour privacy. I will be using a protection on my router to prevent such activity How dare the tv Licensing bring in this type of snooping powers,I am well peed off The vehicles will go out on the roads next month to ensure people using the BBC's online catch-up service also have a TV license. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, the corporation is entitled to carry out surveillance of suspected licence-fee dodgers. The BBC would not disclose how the new technology works. The report states that it has ruled out combing its own records of computers that have logged on to the iPlayer website to catch fee-dodgers. A BBC spokesman said: 'There has been considerable inaccurate reporting this weekend about how TV Licensing will detect people breaking the law by watching BBC iPlayer without a licence. 'While we don't discuss the details of how detection works for obvious reasons, it is wrong to suggest that our technology involves capturing data from private wi-fi networks.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3728030/BBC-insists-WON-T-snoop-internet-users-using-iPlayer-new-generation-WiFi-detector-vans.html#ixzz4GgKbYEWB Edited August 7, 2016 by huntsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Nowt story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 The previous analogue detectors were exaggerations, misinformation and lies, and I suspect this is too. http://www.bbctvlicence.com/Detector%20vans.htm The put these stories into the mainstream press for free publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Maybe Anonymous could help them out in some way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 If you've got a license they won't bother you. They'll go straight to unlicensed homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister22 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Have to pay for all the "in people" sent to Rio to talk ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I sometimes think as a BBC supporting,cat loving cyclist I'm better than you lot. Threads like this just confirm it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I sometimes think as a BBC supporting,cat loving cyclist I'm better than you lot. Threads like this just confirm it ....or just rather weird 😀😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Have to catch the dodgers some how. I have a bike but no cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) They will just check who hasn't got a licence, same as they always did. How on earth could they see what someone was or wasn't viewing on their wifi? Detector vans never existed. or if they did they were ex post office vans with a coat hanger stuck on the roof. Edited August 7, 2016 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 That 'n all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 They will just check who hasn't got a licence, same as they always did. How on earth could they see what someone was or wasn't viewing on their wifi? Detector vans never existed. or if they did they we ex post office vans with a coat hanger stuck on the roof. Is that true? you have just shattered a childhood myth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I thought when you bought a telly,the company notified the authorities. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Is that true? you have just shattered a childhood myth Have you ever seen one other than in one of the old adverts? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Have you ever seen one other than in one of the old adverts? . From the Ministry of Housinge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Under a Freedom of Information request the BBC admitted that no detection evidence has ever been used to prosecute a licence fee evader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 The BBC would not disclose how the new technology works. That's because it doesn't exist... a bit like the old 'detector' vans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Yeah, yeah, yeah. BUT they used to be able to see what you were doing in your front room. AND I bet that some front rooms were more interesting than other front rooms. It is strange that some clever dickie comes across with all of this clap trap. Stil there are plenty of clods out there that do believe. Now if it were to be printed along side the zombie stories in the sunday sport it might be a bit more beliveable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 The only gripe I have, WiFi or otherwise, is that the beeb use private firms who stand to profit out of prosecutions which is a dodgy legal precedence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yeah, yeah, yeah. BUT they used to be able to see what you were doing in your front room. AND I bet that some front rooms were more interesting than other front rooms. It is strange that some clever dickie comes across with all of this clap trap. Still there are plenty of clods out there that do believe. Now if it were to be printed along side the zombie stories in the sunday sport it might be a bit more believable. Yes they'll be the ones who downloaded an app to waterproof their iphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 If they checked the download speed in half the country they would know it's not possible to watch a video clip let alone there to programs Just a thought All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 I thought when you bought a telly,the company notified the authorities. Job done. Another myth started by the BBC. Why would they? You might be buying the TV for someone else who already has a TV licence. If that was the case everyone would buy their tvs from ebay. The very fact that they write to "the occupier" proves that don't know anything about you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buze Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 (edited) It's very likely the contractor who was paid to harrass people who do not have a licence who's decided to invent a new 'technology' to stay on the contract. I've got piles and piles of the rackettting letters; but since I genuinely don't own a TV, I just ignore them. I /used/ to use iPlayer a bit, bit that has stopped a while back, and I'm now even replacing the BBC website as it's mostly trying to emulate the dailymail one anyway. Oh, and "ethernet"... Edited August 8, 2016 by buze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 If they checked the download speed in half the country they would know it's not possible to watch a video clip let alone there to programs Just a thought All the best Of Spot on! (if you live even remotely rurally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Seems about time to me personally that the Beeb was given a short sharp injection of reality in a commercial world? Over paid in every way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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