End of free Cable TV

[desi112]

Nagra 3 cracked I know its for satelite but maybe its something? I know its from July as well...


The company started distributing Nagra 3-based smart cards to its subscribers beginning with November 2007, in time seriously crippling Kwak's FTA receiver business, which was no longer able to decode the newly encrypted signals.

According to the indictment, Kwak, known online as "Mr. Viewsat," Phillip Allison, aka "thebroken," and Robert Ward, aka "thedssguy," set on to crack the new encryption. In order to do this, the three contacted a third-party individual, whose name is not disclosed and to whom Kwak promised over $250,000 if he succeeded.

It is also mentioned that Kwak paid for an $8,500 special microscope that was required to analyze the DISH smart cards in order to reverse-engineer their EPROM, referred to as "rom 240." Kwak is also said to have covered other research expenses. It is noted in the indictment that, on April 5, this year, he paid the third party an additional $20,000 for photographs of the smart cards' micro-circuitry.

Receiver Box Business Owner Indicted for Satellite TV Piracy Plan - Accused of conspiring with crackers to break a signal-encryption scheme - Softpedia

[loncell]

a neighbour of mine has just had his local cable company take out his old analogue scientific atlanta box and replaced it with a 1000 pace box with a telewest card !!.
now that's progress !.

[opsmonkey]

Nagra 3 is not cracked on Satellite..

[andystar351]

Like the way the date has been photoshopped out, did it scare anyone? .

brand new samsung box to replace my Pace which gave up finally, delivered about 3 weeks ago, i have the Really Really smart card as the other poster mentioned earlier, so no nag 3 or variants here yet either.

Why do people worry so much? I have already had my monies worth from my max V and will be getting a 7000HD before Xmas, if i get 6 months from that aswell, i will still be up in the deal wont i?

[Guy.]

so this nag 3 thing is really gonna put an end to unofficial cable receivers? I'm a virgin media cable customer, was planning on buying a dreambox in september for the extra channels but if I do this will I get any time whatsoever out of it?

[madsan]

I give in when will all the scarmongering stop, every so ofen someone roles out the same story !new encryption! stops free veiwing makers of the boxes then just upgrade them to beat it!!!!!!

news of the world story from 2004 , not unless that guy escaped and then got caught again . psml

[Sirus]

so this nag 3 thing is really gonna put an end to unofficial cable receivers? I'm a virgin media cable customer, was planning on buying a dreambox in september for the extra channels but if I do this will I get any time whatsoever out of it?

Well I think only VM can answer that...

Even if you were to get 3-4 months out of it that would pay for the Dreambox and save you the sub money and with the extra channels too

if its still on by Christmas then that has to be a first.. in all the years Ive been getting it free it definitely hasnt lasted more than about 7 months straight without a change.. never mind a year+

They do pick their times for a change like last time was around christmas.. so maybe theyre aiming for the start of the season

Hope Im jinxing this for the better by saying that


EDIT - Damn I just fired up the old analogue box and no more Sly Sports... shit thats bad

[dctyper]

ok its final. vm send out a signal that is encrypted AT SOURCE, this is included in the fee they pay, so WHY would they pay AGAIN to replace ALL boxes and cards to re-encrypt the signal!!!!

use a business mind and this makes sense.

admin: can we have a new section called romours, so i can ignore them when i press new posts

rant over

[Guy.]

thanks for clearing that up, sets my mind at rest really.

[andystar351]

@ Sirus. I think you might be talking about Key rolls rather than new encryption methods there my friend, Key rolls although annoying are a minor problem. The rumours about Nagravision 3 are far more deeper reaching than a key roll.

@DCtyper thanks mate, i will now order a nice shiney singing dancing 7000HD (and hope for a better epg in the next firmare release)

[Sirus]

@ Sirus. I think you might be talking about Key rolls rather than new encryption methods there my friend, Key rolls although annoying are a minor problem. The rumours about Nagravision 3 are far more deeper reaching than a key roll.

Im no expert on encryption methods... although I do know N3 is a different more powerful encryption....

But I just refer to when they go down and they need new stuff put on them.. key rolls or whatever the lingo

I just think its weird its been the best part of the year now without any prob.. a key roll or whatever would kinda put your mind at ease for another while, its been a long time coming

[dctyper]

im just gunna buy an 800hd and if it ever does change!!!!!ill put a sat card in

[Guy.]

im just gunna buy an 800hd and if it ever does change!!!!!ill put a sat card in

subscription card? (confused newbie here!)

[aftermath]

subscription card? (confused newbie here!)

i think he means plug in a sat tuner , instead of the cable one

[dctyper]

yep