Man Arrested/Charged for Satellite Piracy
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There is nothing in the article to suggest that the perp was using modified FTA equipment to pirate the signals and I would hope that is not the case.
The article does not specifically say that he was stealing TV. It says "Along with equipment that can steal satellite signals, police also seized uncertified wireless security cameras that can interfere with aircraft frequencies." So was he actually stealing satellite signals or interfering with aircraft freqs is what got him in trouble? 
The article does not specifically say that he was stealing TV. It says "Along with equipment that can steal satellite signals, police also seized uncertified wireless security cameras that can interfere with aircraft frequencies." So was he actually stealing satellite signals or interfering with aircraft freqs is what got him in trouble?
I think he was arrested for both offenses, especially for the latter.
They went whole-hog on that guy, didn't they? I wonder if he ever spat on the sidewalk anywhere....
Could it have been what he was selling out of the business that attracted attention?
BINGO!
We must be careful about governments which decide that they can sieze equipment and/or charge individuals simply for owning equipment that CAN BE used for illegal purposes. If he was, in fact, using the equipment for such purposes, that is a different matter. Nearly all FTA receivers are capable of being used to decode scrambled signals without authorization.
It would be sad if..........
This person got a large stock of old sonicview/digiwave/etc... receivers for his legal FTA shop, and the only stable firmware he could find for the receivers was from the dark side.
In the articles, the cameras seemed coincidental. Uncertified.....from china.
This person got a large stock of old sonicview/digiwave/etc... receivers for his legal FTA shop, and the only stable firmware he could find for the receivers was from the dark side.
In the articles, the cameras seemed coincidental. Uncertified.....from china.
Encryption is an Interesting Subject
Encryption is an interesting subject.
Nearly all of us do our banking online and aren't concerned about having our communication with the bank intercepted in real time. I think that's because the encryption algorithm provides a very secure connection. No other computer can figure out the code very quickly.
I would guess that satellite signal encryption uses the same principles. If the key code is being changed continually either via an internet connection or directly through the satellite signal then no other computer can figure out the code.
A few years ago when the North American satellite pay-TV providers upgraded their encryption we all know that the market for FTA receivers was flooded by pirates trying to sell their newly useless pirate hardware.
It seems to me the pay-TV providers have adopted encryption systems that are pretty much 100% unhackable because key codes are updated continuously. It's just like internet encryption for banking online.
Encryption is an interesting subject.
Nearly all of us do our banking online and aren't concerned about having our communication with the bank intercepted in real time. I think that's because the encryption algorithm provides a very secure connection. No other computer can figure out the code very quickly.
I would guess that satellite signal encryption uses the same principles. If the key code is being changed continually either via an internet connection or directly through the satellite signal then no other computer can figure out the code.
A few years ago when the North American satellite pay-TV providers upgraded their encryption we all know that the market for FTA receivers was flooded by pirates trying to sell their newly useless pirate hardware.
It seems to me the pay-TV providers have adopted encryption systems that are pretty much 100% unhackable because key codes are updated continuously. It's just like internet encryption for banking online.
Well they're hackable but only with a real time internet connection so your unique IP address is stamped all over it. It's OK if you want to get caught, I guess.
They were running a private key sharing service for their customers. Most if not all of the 144 receivers seized were subscribed to a provider each sharing the keys for one of their channels. Customers would have been paying something like $20 per month or less for a lineup of channels which would normally cost $60+ / month with a legitimate subscription.
Is there still anybody with misplaced sympathy thinking he might have been innocently and unknowingly breaking the law?
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