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BenMcr · 26-02-2009, 16:10

It's probably only because it's more hassle than it's worth for someone to open up a STM, pull out the hard drive, plug it into a PC, unplug it again, and put the STM back together that there hasn't been some form of software to break the encryption

If it was as easy as a USB/eSATA connection - then I would expect it to be a LOT more of an issue.

And again it's not the service providers - its the content providers that worry about it. For them even 0.5% is 0.5% too much.

26-02-2009, 16:10	#21
BenMcr Virgin Media Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1 Posts: 17,929	Re: External Storage for VM STBs/DVRs? It's probably only because it's more hassle than it's worth for someone to open up a STM, pull out the hard drive, plug it into a PC, unplug it again, and put the STM back together that there hasn't been some form of software to break the encryption If it was as easy as a USB/eSATA connection - then I would expect it to be a LOT more of an issue. And again it's not the service providers - its the content providers that worry about it. For them even 0.5% is 0.5% too much.