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They already have something to defeat illegal cableboxes.... its called a 
'bullet'... goes through the line, zaps yer cable box if codes don't 
match.... believe me I know.....:)



Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:37:12 GMT wrote:
: George wrote:
: > 
: > SHNWGA wrote:
: > >
: > > Get caught and go to jail. Is it really worth it?
: > 
: > Humm... ok lets see in CA it is a misdemanor and max $1000 fine...
: > 
: > now they have to prove you actually watched something without paying for it right, hows that
: > going to happen?, mere possession is not illegal as if the cable company can own them so can you,
: > the law dosent allow one class of citizens a privlidge ofer another.
: > 
: > so we are back to actually catching you, humm are they going to peep through your window and
: > invade your privacy? get real, the only people that get in any real trouble are those that sell
: > them with the specific intent for you to do something illegal with them, not the user.


: A couple of the RF specialist/electrical engineers where I work have old me that tv's leak out 
: the signal that you are watching.  Theoretically the cable company could set up a sensitive 
: reciever in a van and go around neiborhoods tuning into these signals.  I don't know if this is 
: practical in real life or even if the cable companies really care about doing it.  I suspect that 
: if too large a percentage of cable subscibers obtain descramblers then the cable industry will 
: find a way to fight back.