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Felim_Doyle · 10-12-2011, 09:05

Wow! The figure of 44,000 set-top boxes from one illegal operation is quite significant as a proportion of the VM customer base. How many more networks like this still exist I wonder? Although I would treat the technical content of the article with great scepticism, it's worrying that these people had contacts in Korea working on the decryption or at least the bypassing of the security measures.

I hope that such news items will gain greater public attention as, after all, no demand, no supply. If people realise the severity of the offence and the likelihood that their money will be wasted, perhaps they'll think twice before 'subscribing' to such schemes.

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Felim_Doyle Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK Age: 62 Services: Digital TV XL TiVo 500MB, Broadband 100Mb SuperHub, Telephone XXL Posts: 897	Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes? Wow! The figure of 44,000 set-top boxes from one illegal operation is quite significant as a proportion of the VM customer base. How many more networks like this still exist I wonder? Although I would treat the technical content of the article with great scepticism, it's worrying that these people had contacts in Korea working on the decryption or at least the bypassing of the security measures. I hope that such news items will gain greater public attention as, after all, no demand, no supply. If people realise the severity of the offence and the likelihood that their money will be wasted, perhaps they'll think twice before 'subscribing' to such schemes.