[Cryptography] BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users

[Peter Gutmann]

Henry Baker <hbaker1 at pipeline.com> writes:

>BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users
>
>Patrick Foster 6 August 2016  8:24am
>
>The BBC is to spy on internet users in their homes by deploying a new
>generation of Wi-Fi detection vans to identify those illicitly watching its
>programmes online.

It's true!  They're using modified cat detector vans from the Ministry of
Housinge.  A friend of mine was visited because of his WLAN, Eric the WiFi,
but he managed to fob them off with a dog licence with the word 'dog' crossed
out and 'WiFi' written in crayon.

Peter.