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Requiring that people buy a "porn pass" (a nice way of saying license) in order to view porn is moronic. I also have reservations on how peoples information is
by e2le 7y ago
Requiring that people buy a "porn pass" (a nice way of saying license) in order to view porn is moronic. I also have reservations on how peoples information is collected and stored when they buy said porn pass which could have far reaching negative consequences.
- jimcsharp 7y agoI thought almost everyone in the UK already paid for BBC. Hacker news isn't Reddit and I'm acting entirely too silly.
- e2le 7y agoYour election isn't going to be threatened because you pay for a TV license and neither is your religious family going to disown you. The TV license is also moronic but for different reasons and is probably why there is a growing movement to scrap it.
- Bantros 7y agoI'd rather burn the money than buy a tv license
- e2le 7y agoMy family has being hounded by BBC goons in the past for ceasing to pay for the TV license. They even had the "TV detector van" come out and hang around their home before a women hired by them try to forcefully gain entry by pushing past them at the door. It's an entirely optional license fee and those who don't own a TV are not required to pay for it. They employ scare tactics and harass people into paying up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van
- DonHopkins 7y agoAlso fish licenses and dog licenses with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in crayon, from the man from the cat detector van! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t3B-ssC5j0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t3B-ssC5j0 The Young Ones got busted by a TV detector van: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1Y7nhB16U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1Y7nhB16U
- gherkinnn 7y agoI forgot quite how funny the Young Ones is. Thanks for the reminder. Rick is a timeless character.
- jammygit 7y agoI thought posters were joking. That is absurd
- agurk 7y agoThere was a hn thread recently about detector vans[0] for those interested in a discussion on this. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20646743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20646743
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- Bantros 7y agoAmazing what they can get away with
- crtasm 7y agoAnd even if you do have a TV, if you're not watching any live channels (or on-demand video from BBC iPlayer) a licence is not required. That's terrible that they tried to force their way in, if you feel up to registering a complaint please consider doing so.
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- jonplackett 7y agoThe difference is that your BBC viewing habits, if exposed in a massive hack, are (probably) not that much use to a blackmailer.
- Redoubts 7y agoSays you!
- jonplackett 7y agoI did say probably...
- cr0sh 7y ago> I also have reservations on how peoples information is collected and stored when they buy said porn pass which could have far reaching negative consequences. I'd wager a good deal of money on betting that the conservative minded people pushing this legislation are also likely ones who consume a great deal of the content this legislation is aimed at. I tend to wonder: Do they have to buy said "passes" as well, or are they allowed to "opt out", so to speak? I'd better the latter is more likely than the former, but it raises the question of what makes them so darn special? Of course, they'd probably claim they don't need it anyhow, as they are (somehow) of higher moral character (or some such rubbish) and would -never- consume such content anyhow... If something like this actually gained traction and went on to become law, it wouldn't be very long until one or more of the legislators who pushed for it found their internet browsing history out in the public sphere. Sad thing, though? Given today's seeming apathy, and in some cases acceptance and encouragement, of such activity by our public servants, likely nothing would happen to them politically or publicly. It's a sickening form of Animal Farm we are currently living in.