Comment on BBC to force more to pay licence fee with ‘YouTube tax’

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• towerful@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Except they did actually exist and did actually work.
  youtu.be/U8mSHKsyWDw

  Well, for analog CRTs

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  • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, all the info in that video is super sketchy, the em interference signal it refers to would be detectable within a few inches at most with today’s technology

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    • Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Uh huh.

      Mate, I can hear the squealing whine of a flyback transformer through brick walls with my own ears. I DO NOT miss the days when everyone had two or three of the fucking things screaming away all day.

      Detecting the magnetic flux those things produce isn’t magic, tricky, or a cover-up. It just requires a sensitive antenna array tuned to the right frequency.

      Now, since the shift to flat panel displays a TV doesn’t announce it’s presence in such an obvious fashion. This makes detecting a TV a much more difficult prospect, arguably not impossible, but not likely within their budget nowadays.

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  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hmmm nah, they have a database of everyone with a licence plus the guy even said they can see the light of the TV through the windows.

    Still think it’s scaremongering

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