Don't understand the fuss about this. Here in England it is a criminal offence to watch broadcast TV without a government license which costs 217 dollars per year. Yes you read that right.

Many poor people just don't buy the license and do get busted for it. Imagine that a criminal record for watching TV.

The government used to pretend that they had scanners which could detect the EMF radiation from the TV but they know that nobody believes that any more. So now they rely on investigators going door to door at places showing as no-license on their database, hoping they will find someone stupid enough to admit they have an unlicensed TV.

Naturally there are well-established and well-tested countermeasures which essentially amount to don't open the door, don't talk to them, don't interact with them. The investigators are extremely well-trained and devious and there is no upside in engaging with them. Just let them give up and go away.