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In article <cs903-05-0505961729400001@10.0.2.15> cs903-05@mcs.csuhayward.edu (Steve) writes:

> In article <4meoj8$r9p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, alensmithe@aol.com
> (AlenSmithe) wrote:
> 
> > In article
> > <Pine.SOL.3.91.960415170324.5909C-100000@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu>,
> > Tina  <ez029884@peseta.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> > >umm, just curious, but... how do they find out if someone has a cable 
> > >descrambler?. Just curious. Not that I have one or anything.
> > 
> > They can mess up your Playboy Channel reception and then catch you when
> > you call up to complain.
> 
> HAHAHAHAHAhAHaHAhA
> "hi mr cable company?  My name is bill smith, my social security number is
> 444-32-333, and my address is 123 pine street, and the cable that i am
> stealing from you is not working.  Please send someone out here to fix my 
> cable. 
> 
> I think they have much better ways to find out than this ;-)

Actually, it works quite well. It would not be in my best interest to
give any cases-in-point, but there have been several operations that I
know of where they got people to call in using some combinations of
technology and human psychology. Perhaps someone else who knows of
these, but is more disconnected from the industry than I am, will
provide the details.

One thing to always remember: The cable companies know more about
their system than you do. Period. Sure, you might get away with
it...Or you might not.

Everyone used to complain about the telephone companies. Then, people
started complaining about the cable companies. Next, I suppose
everyone will be complaining about their ISP's! :-)
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