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by codezero
2728 days ago
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I had a friend who was deep into that world, and it was really exciting to discuss with him how things were progressing at any given point. Every once in awhile I'd get either a new card, or chip, or some contraption to stick into the slot where the card went (I believe this was a way to prevent DTV from sending a signal that would fry counterfeit cards) – anyhow, I haven't kept up with things for a long time, but it's kind of my assumption that now it's impossible to hack, or not worth the effort, I should go find out :) edit: sounds like efforts shifted to pirating internet streams. Found this neat story: https://www.fiercevideo.com/cable/nagravision-wins-101m-pira... |
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I remember showing a couple friends of mine how to flash cards with a DB9 serial port card programmer. You could get every channel, including PPV and porn. I never wanted to do anything illegal except watch TV and movies, but a couple friends of mine had highly successful "satellite TV installation businesses" where they would install for legitimate DirecTV customers, then say "you know, for a couple hundred bucks I can unlock all the channels..."
It was a fun time, and what made it interesting was the cat and mouse game that DirecTV played with the hackers. We had cards working for months, but at some points in time you had to get new updates every few days to keep it working. Eventually it became impossible, but it's been over a decade so I can't remember what the final event was.