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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 2003-07-19
Getreal
If your company broadcasts a service into the airwaves, tough shit if somebody intercepts it. Cry about it.

If they fail to continuously implement new encryption methods which can't be reverse engineered by anyone who can read, too bad for DirecTV.

The money that DirecTV MIGHT have receiv...

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