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DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-07-17

In recent months the satellite TV giant has filed nearly 9,000 federal lawsuits against people who've purchased signal piracy devices. But some of those devices have legitimate uses, and innocent computer geeks are getting caught in the crackdown.

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DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies (Jamming the Man) 2003-07-19
Anonymous
They got the names, addresses, other info of people from the dealers who had been busted. Apparently most of these dealers kept records with customer info and dtv seized this info and started sending out letters....

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