– How do authorities check if you’re watching TV without a licence in the UK?
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They don’t: they just send threatening letters with the implication that they “know” to every single unregistered postcode and rely on the fear of “dang they got me! I have to pay now”. Apparently this is very effective, a lot more than spying 60.000.000 million 24/7 to see if they watch illegally live shows.
This guy collects them and posts them [online](http://www.bbctvlicence.com/) for the past 15 years. He also does an interesting investigation about it, worth the links there.
The myth of the van doesn’t make any sense as today you could be watching youtube live tv from your tiny smart coffee maker..
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