Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00

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From: Chris Chou
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <4rc071$4ab@acmez.gatech.edu> gt8100a@prism.gatech.edu (James Milford Rogers) writes:
>>were to get a descrambler, I'm sure that the cable company would be
>>able to track me down very easily.
>
>Actually, they would not be able to track you down at all.
>-- 

Well, I think "in theory", they can find you if they invest enough.
When your tuner is receiving a particular channel, it is also transmitting
at that frequency.  So, if you are not a subscriber to that channel, yet
your place radiates that frequency, that means a potential illegal "device". :)

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From: ccchou@dogbert.dr.att.com (Chris Chou)
Subject: Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00
Date: 1996/07/02
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