Signing in to use iPlayer etc ...

[subcontrabass]

... coming soon: https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ce-fee-evasion

[muzzer]

"Signing in" to use iplayer etc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/why-we-are-asking-you-to-sign-in-nma

I object to this. On several grounds, the expression for surrender of my personal data being only one. The others I'm not sure I have time to set out.

What do y'all think?

[Roslynmuse]

Agree - an(other) invasion of privacy.

[Bryn]

I think I will be using the opt out button. However, it should be opt in, rather then opt out which is the choice.

[antongould]

I have no problem with this .......

[Lat-Literal]

I have no problem with it either.

[jean]

If I don't sign in, I lose the ability I have now to pick up watching a programme from where I left off (it says here).

That must mean they've got quite a lot of information about me already.

[doversoul1]

Host: can the two thread be merged?

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?17072-Logging-in

[Done - ff]

[zola]

Does anybody know if it will effect our friends living outside the UK who have been able to listen to radio broadcasts up to now while being stopped from watching TV ?

[french frank]

Does anybody know if it will effect our friends living outside the UK who have been able to listen to radio broadcasts up to now while being stopped from watching TV ?

Don't see why it should. It doesn't seem that you have to sign in to listen to radio.

[zola]

Don't see why it should. It doesn't seem that you have to sign in to listen to radio.

I was asked to sign in when trying to "listen again" to Through the Night. But could ignore it at the moment by simply clicking on "I'll do it later".

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I was asked to sign in when trying to "listen again" to Through the Night. But could ignore it at the moment by simply clicking on "I'll do it later".

Yes - for the moment, we don't have to Sign In to access i-Player telly content. I presume that things will change "soon". How (if at all) Radio content will be affected when "soon" arrives ... ?

[french frank]

I was asked to sign in when trying to "listen again" to Through the Night. But could ignore it at the moment by simply clicking on "I'll do it later".

Funnily enough, I also clicked on Through The Night - no instruction to sign in.

[Pulcinella]

Funnily enough, I also clicked on Through The Night - no instruction to sign in.

They already know all about you, that's why!

[french frank]

They already know all about you, that's why!

Cheeky! Though it could be true as I've used my computer to communicate with them … so, somewhere in the depths …

Or it may just be that they haven't fully rolled out the Sign In system yet.