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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by raverbashing on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:23AM (#25831133)
You're thinking too much like an engineer

Here's my TV detection method: look at their windows and see if there's a light flickering pattern that looks like a TV (if behind curtains) or maybe you can see the TV

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by joosters on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:45AM (#25831265)
'TV Light Simulators' are actually a thing:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=tv+light+simulator&atb=v172...

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by raverbashing on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:55AM (#25831321)
Your point?

If you're trying to avoid being suspected of having a tv, that sounds as smart as trying to rob a gun store with a fake weapon

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by beerandt on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:35AM (#25848438)
Sure, but that doesn't require a van full of equipment. (If we're talking about historically.)

Looking for light would also only work until people found out about it, and violators covered their windows.

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