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- From: apn@Apple.COM (Alex Novickis)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Can Cable TV Descramblers really be detec from outside ???
- Message-ID: <75870@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:51:23 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.002312.27582@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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- In article <1992Dec21.002312.27582@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> dbak@elm.lle.rochester.edu (Douglas Baker) writes:
- >
- >
- >In our local paper there has been talk of detecting Il-legal cable TV
- >descrablers from outside the home. I can think of two possible ways
- >this can be done but there may be others.
- >
- > 1) use a sensitive spectrum analyzer to find out which channel
- >is being watched by looking at the local oscillator freq.
- >
- > 2) modulate a signal into the channels which aren't part of
- >basic and when these pay channels are watched the signal would be
- >radiated out the picture tube and detected.
- >
- > If anyone knows if any of the above methods are used or how
- >this is done could you reply to the net ? I'm sure many others out
- >there will be interested.
-
- Not really related, but - I know in our area we have cable boxes
- that transmit back billing information (IE - what pay-per-view stuff
- you watched) on at least a daily basis.
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