All Chipped Cable Boxes Going Down

[Mikey1981]

Originally Posted by Masque

What club?

No its to kind of match the avatar.

Ahh its where Barfly is held in Liverpool.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Mikey1981

Ahh its where Barfly is held in Liverpool.

My daughter has been there but not me.

[moaningmags]

Got my notification tonight Bring it on, although I dunno if I'm getting new cards or if I got one with my new Samsung box, that still leaves the Scientific Atlanta though.

[musicbravo]

Just had a random thought, you dont suppose a somebody who started a lot of random threads the other day is an illegal in the sense of cable TV do you?

[saabmania2]

hmmm, yes one would think that the op was infact stealing cable services seeing as he hasn't even come back to defend himself

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Also when has VM ever used white wire from the outside box?? Only ever seen Black myself... (I might be wrong though but I'm sure someone will confirm or not)

Mine is white ( was asked when put in what I wanted mind you that was back in the days of cabletel) I hope you mean around the house(which is painted white of cause).If not sorry I "spoke".

[naeskydish]

Article today suggesting that over 50% of the boxes in some areas of Edinburgh are dodgy.

Virgin ready to pull plug on the dodgy digital TV viewers


http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/to...lug.6291867.jp

Published Date: 13 May 2010
By DAVID McCANN
TV BOSSES are to pull the plug on tens of thousands of dodgy digital viewers in the Capital by upgrading their security network.
Virgin Media has announced new encryption technology will be installed across Edinburgh to prevent unauthorised set-top boxes from accessing its service.

The media giant has refused to predict how many city homes are currently kitted out with hookey set-top boxes but one city expert suggests it could run into the tens of thousands.

MOD: Link given, so no need to quote the whole thing

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by naeskydish

Article today suggesting that over 50% of the boxes in some areas of Edinburgh are dodgy.

SNIP for brevity

Anyone who has been sold illegal cable TV equipment can call 0800 052 1255.

Anyone with information about those supplying such equipment can alternatively call a confidential hotline on 0800 096 7800.

Every person i talk to that is in the know on this are telling me that there is very little chance of this new system being broken. Nagra 3 has been built from the ground up on a system that takes into account all of the knowledge that was gained in previous Card hacks and this new system has been running for 3 years now in various countries with no card hack.

I am so happy that all of this modified equipment will be off our network shortly and that means less noise and problems. With the additional work being carried out at this time on modem security we should soon have a network that is 99% safe from the noob who buys his kit at a computer fair or down the pub.

99% of the toe rags who come on this forum and brag every month or so have no real knowledge about the hacks that there equipment has been using. So when something like this comes along that makes there hacks unusable they are lost and have to wait for someone else to spoon-feed them the info.

The reality this time is that there is no hack for Nagra 3 so the noobs are not going to be spoon feed info and will have 2 choices in the end. Pay for it or watch a blank screen. Its as simple as that

Now you can bet your bottom dollar some so called hacker will come on here and spout a load of bull excreta, however no amount of bull will give them there channels back and for that i thank VM .

[pabscars]

Couldn't agree more sir, well said.

[Ignitionnet]

Only one way to get around it which I'm sure you're aware of. That seems to be turning into quite a cottage industry too.

Without that system, which involved paying a 3rd party, it's not likely to progress. Virgin's encryption isn't even the same Nagra 3 that is present elsewhere it's actually a custom version, different hardware and silicon in the cards so even a break of the standard version wouldn't necessary give a solution to VM's Nagra.

[Joedm45]

Call me a cynic but this encryption is bound to be cracked eventually, there is always going to be some clever git that will release something that works.

I have heard rumours of a crack already but they are 'holding it back until all head ends are upgraded'. Personally I think they were talking rubbish but you never know...

PS. Yes I am a paying customer :p

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Only one way to get around it which I'm sure you're aware of. That seems to be turning into quite a cottage industry too.

Without that system, which involved paying a 3rd party, it's not likely to progress. Virgin's encryption isn't even the same Nagra 3 that is present elsewhere it's actually a custom version, different hardware and silicon in the cards so even a break of the standard version wouldn't necessary give a solution to VM's Nagra.

it will be cracked eventually its the nature of the beast its just a matter of howlong it takes. The longer the better obviously

[Stuart]

True, no security system is 100% secure.

But, while it is uncracked, even if temporarily, that means more money for VM, and hopefully fewer problems for other customers (fewer shoddy installs = less interference on the network)

Hopefully, it'll stay uncracked long enough for Nagravision 4 to be developed...

Originally Posted by Stuart C

True, no security system is 100% secure.

But, while it is uncracked, even if temporarily, that means more money for VM, and hopefully fewer problems for other customers (fewer shoddy installs = less interference on the network)

Hopefully, it'll stay uncracked long enough for Nagravision 4 to be developed...

I do agree

Originally Posted by zing

it will be cracked eventually its the nature of the beast its just a matter of howlong it takes. The longer the better obviously

True, however it's always possible that the eventual crack turns out to be impractical for domestic, non-specialist use. There may be a universal law that says nothing is 100% secure, but there is no similar law that guarantees the crack must be 100% child's play.

Anyway, we shall see. In the meantime, ROFL at all the hax0rz clogging the internet begging for help to get their dodgy boxes working again.