VM Crackdown, no box is safe !

[Sir Hilary Bray]

So what is the safest thing to do at the moment? disconnect the equipment? or just wait and see?

[Donnie Darko]

Just leave it connected,dont brag to mates/neighbours about it,if ever vm ask to access your property?just tell them to call again it aint convenient.
Worthy of note to sub to some sort of package.

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new to cable but a few years ago on sat they sent a singal and all magic cams were no good they all had to goback to be reprogramed.so cable may be able to do somethink like that

[Donnie Darko]

new to cable but a few years ago on sat they sent a singal and all magic cams were no good they all had to goback to be reprogramed.so cable may be able to do somethink like that

They do this at least twice a year now.

[kb27]

Went to my mate's and lo and behold his dbox was working fine. As Donnie said, analogue has been switched off.

However, I'm still reluctant to take this too lightly. I suppose all we can do is wait and see. I think the biggest question should be what would happen?

1) Vermin send out letters telling you to stop
2) Your cable connection is disconnected (and what if you are actually a subscriber?)
3) Your equipment is confiscated
4) Fine/custodial sentence

Anything else? Combination of above? Would they go straight to showing up with Police\warrants? (Personally I find this one highly unlikely - due to cost/manpower), or would it be vermin staff showing who you could just refuse entry?

Does anybody know of a user who got caught and what happened to them?

[bigman2]

If you are that concerned get a full sub or a dual tuner box and discoonect the c connection when you are not using it.

[kb27]

Well I have basic subs, but constantly disconnecting and reconnecting is a lot of hassle. If you get too paranoid then you could argue you have to remove the splitter etc every time too - very time consuming!

I'm just trying to discover if anybody knows anybody that has been caught and what happened to them? And how vermin actually go about it? I personally find it highly unlikely they come with police and warrants, and are far more reliant on people being stupid enough to allow them into the property.

[Dazzonamission]

Or you could just not have a dodgy box at all, and subscribe to sky HD like me only ?80 a month with internet

[young]

ive just heard that the sweep what they are doing is sending a message down the line to there own boxes and if they do not get it back from there own boxes this is how they are knowing you have a box ie:if you have a virmin account and only pay for the lowest subscription but have a dodgey box on the feed they know you are paying for it but there not getting any talk back from there box and putting 2 and 2 together thust resulting in a letter through your door..... this is somthing i have heard so dont know how much credability it has......... so what ive suggested to my friends is buy a splitter and run both the boxes for a bit

[GGM]

Not so sure about that one, what about people that only have Phone & BB????

[young]

i know what your saying but if they send a signal out to there box and it doesnt respond and there is supposed be one there ..they are going to think something fishy is goin on ...

[bigman2]

So its just catching out legit VM subscribers who have an additional special box ?

[young]

so it seems but dont hold me to that like i said i dont know how much cred this has got

[McMav]

I doubt that this is true but mu subbed box is always on neway I use it for on demand.

[Garry]

And they could have the legit box turned off cos their not there and trying to save some money. Or they have gone to bed and its turned off.

Electricity prices are rising.


Gaz