> Why aren't people protesting?

Because while traditional detector vans are technically feasible the reality is that they're bullshit - TVL has the largest civilian database in the UK and they just visit people who don't have a licence and haven't made a declaration that they don't watch live tv as it's broadcast.

So people don't protest this new thing, because it's unlikely TVL are actually sending any vans out.

A different question is why do we keep the pretence up? They pretend to have a fleet of detector vans, we don't call them on the bullshit.