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genius
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Todays text: Cable Discrambling
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Nov 14 07:09 UTC 1999 |
well its late tonight (or early tomorow) and ive decided to post my daily text
now instead of later, so here ya go!
*************************DISCLAIMER&INTRO***********************************
This file is for educational purposes only. I take no responsibility for how
you use this information. And also, Please excuse the mistakes in these
files, sometimes you just make mistakes when your typing up texts.
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Origianlly writen by Robin Hood
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***CALL THE PHONE BOOTH: (714)497-5999**
Cable Descrambling
(uploaded by Robin Hood)
If you have cable TV but are not fortunate enough to have the Premium
services, here is a simple way to steal Cinemax, The Movie Channel, Showtime,
The Disney Channel, and any other service that appears as a bussing fuzzy
picture (that you can ALMOST get clearly by fine tuning). This method also
works on channels that appear as a lined flashing screen that produce a
beeping sound. These channels are not scrambled, but instead a garbage
transmission that is sent at the same frequency. Therefore, in order to
recieve the movie services clearly, you must filter out the garbage.
Here is a simple way to do this:
Examine the back of your TV set. Find the Vhf antenna terminals (these are
the antenna teerminals that the cable service is hooked to). Get a piece of
antenna wire (bout 3 feet long). Strip one end of the wire and attach it to
the VHF terminals along the with the cable. Tune into one of the movie
services and adjust the fine uner until you get the cleansest picture. Cut
off about 1/4 inch of the antenna wire and adjust the fine tuner. Continue
to do this untill you get a good picture (you should not have to cut off more
then 6 inches of the antenna wire). Get a piece of aluminum foil and wrap
it around the antenna wire. Slide it up and down untill you have a perfect
picture. This is a simple yet effective way to get movies for free.
More in depth info on descramblers and converters ma be obtained by writing
CABLE FACTS, box 711-R, Pataskala, Oh 43062. They have an excellent
publication available for $8.95.
Also write to RANDOM ACCESS, box 41770-r Pheanix, Az 85080. Ask for their
Subscription TV Manual that deals with video scrambling techniques. THE
TELEPHONE BOOTH [714 497 5999 PHREAK BOARD & OVER 40 G-FILES
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GENiUS
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genius
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response 1 of 64:
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Nov 14 07:11 UTC 1999 |
Remember, im not the original writer of these files, i just like to share my
information =)
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raven
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response 2 of 64:
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Nov 14 10:51 UTC 1999 |
Again please post in the cyberpunk conf. Thanks.
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scott
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response 3 of 64:
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Nov 14 13:35 UTC 1999 |
Analog filtering? This sounds very retro-80s.
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don
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response 4 of 64:
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Nov 14 16:04 UTC 1999 |
Genius, another thing you might want to do is put all of the articles in the
same item (problably in the "A new phreaking article every day" thing) as new
responses. If you need an example of how this would work, you can look at
summer conf's #106 and 119, where I posted the story of my life. #119 is just
an item with continuous updates.
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aruba
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response 5 of 64:
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Nov 14 18:59 UTC 1999 |
Re #2: There's really no point in trying to get certain types of content to
appear in only certain places on Grex. You can't make people do it, and you
can link it. So discuss it here and there too.
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genius
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response 6 of 64:
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Nov 14 21:03 UTC 1999 |
Thanx for the idea don (#4) i think ill update # 124 everyday instead of
posting a new article every day. And in RE to #5, i totally agree. Since
people automaticaly come to this conf. when they log in, i feel that more
people will be able to make use of at least be able to read it then just
posting in "cyberpunks" And yer, this is very retro80's (i believe it was
typeed up in '83) Seeya later, and dont 4get to read #124 everyday!!!!!!
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don
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Nov 14 21:51 UTC 1999 |
About that retro stuff, I don't think there'd be much of a point in posting
that if your intent was to distribute phreaking techniques. On the other hand,
if you're posting it to document "a peek into a clandestine world," then it's
a great idea to use the retro stuff, because it would be much harder to get
into any sort of ethical/legal trouble. Overall, I've been enjoying the
articles, and as soon as I get offline I'm going to try that 800 number from
124#0.
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genius
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response 8 of 64:
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Nov 14 22:05 UTC 1999 |
Yah don, im not posting many up-to-date articles for the legal reasons and
because there harder to find =) Plus, the old texts are fun to read...
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russ
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response 9 of 64:
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Nov 14 22:09 UTC 1999 |
Cprompt, don't take this too personally, but...
Advice for people new to Usenet News has long been "Read a group
for a while to get a feel for it, BEFORE you post." It's obvious
that you did not read much of Agora before deciding that it was
"hacker heaven", which it is not. You call yourself "genius",
and you don't know that?
The stuff you're posting is awfully stale to boot. This one is
a history lesson at best. Current boxes won't even give you an
output signal for a scrambled channel you're not allowed to
decode. At the end of your pay-per-view, the screen goes blank.
This fact has been used to nab pirates. At the end of one fight,
the screens of all the legitimate subscribers went blank. However,
the transmission continued, and all the hacked-to-be-always-on
boxes displayed an ad with a voice track for a "FREE T-shirt! Just
call 1-800-WE-SCREW!" After giving their names and addresses to
the operators, the dopes who called got nice letters in the mail
allowing them to either pay for the service they'd been stealing
or be prosecuted for cable piracy.
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genius
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response 10 of 64:
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Nov 14 22:26 UTC 1999 |
First off Russ im purposely posting old info because of legal issues. The
stuff im postiing is just history of old BBS's that i feel are interesting.
Now maybe you dont think they are, but in that case, DONT READ IT! and
another thing, hacking is not a bad thing. I'm sick of all you people who
instantly think of some sort of bad person when you here the word "hacker"
of "phreaker" yet, youve never even met the person! And anywayz a true hacker
follows ethics. Maybe you should read the "hackers manifesto" you should be
able to find it anywhere on the web. And by the way, I am a GENiUS =)
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orinoco
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response 11 of 64:
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Nov 14 22:33 UTC 1999 |
To me at least, this sort of thing is more interesting as a history lesson
than as a how-to. I've always been fascinated with the early days of
computers, not having been there myself, and this sort of ties in with that
interest. So I guess I'm casting another vote for "if you don't like it,
don't read it."
(Cprompt -- there's another reason to post these all in one item, actually.
That way, people who aren't interested can ignore one item rather than having
to ignore each new one as it comes up)
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genius
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response 12 of 64:
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Nov 14 23:40 UTC 1999 |
Like i said, after today, i shall post my daily text in #124.
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don
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response 13 of 64:
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Nov 15 03:39 UTC 1999 |
I concur with #11 -- these are great primary sources for history lessons.
Given that they are outdated and thus no longer useful, I think they would
make great additions to any History of Computers course.
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gull
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response 14 of 64:
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Nov 15 04:24 UTC 1999 |
Actually, Michigan Tech still uses this scrambling system for the Disney
Channel. (I bet they bought the whole schpiel from another cable system
that upgraded to Starbase or some such.) I know people who descramble it
with $13 Jameco _Interference Filter Kits_ ("FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE ONLY".)
HBO and Showtime appear to be trapped out entirely, though.
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mdw
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response 15 of 64:
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Nov 15 06:25 UTC 1999 |
This looks suspiciously like spam to me. I'm not at all convinced
information on how to steal from the cable company belongs on grex (it
is illegal, you know). The text also invites you to send money to some
address -- this is a comercial solicitation, and I don't think we really
want to see agora swamped by hordes of commercial solicitations (even
legal ones) -- do we really want every item in agora to start off with
"Hi", "GRAND OPENING!", "It pays to read this message!!!", "Never pay a
long distance bill again!", and of course, "MONICA BARES IT ALL!" ?
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raven
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response 16 of 64:
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Nov 15 07:00 UTC 1999 |
re 15 I pretty much agree it doen't belong in Agora. I think the text as
long as it's old school cracking is an interesting addition to the cyberpunk
conf. I also agree that the posts shouldn't try to engage in comercial
activities except in the classifieds conf. Would the author of these posts
be willing to freeze them in Agora, and restart the item in cyberpunk?
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jazz
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response 17 of 64:
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Nov 15 16:18 UTC 1999 |
I'm curious - if someone sends a signal to you, but charges you for
modifying it, but you modify it yourself, is it still illegal?
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other
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response 18 of 64:
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Nov 15 18:29 UTC 1999 |
in re #15:
how about if the poster edits out addresses or other commercial
sounding elements which are not essential to the posting?
just because an action is illegal does not mean that a description
of it, even a highly detailed one, is also.
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gull
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response 19 of 64:
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Nov 15 20:12 UTC 1999 |
Re #17: I believe it's theft of services; you're getting a pay channel you
didn't pay for. So yes, I'm certain it's illegal. Whether it's immoral is
probably more open to debate.
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scg
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Nov 15 22:02 UTC 1999 |
I think you also agree to some stuff when you contract to have the signal sent
to you. In most places I've lived, the signal comes down a wire that they
disconnect if you don't pay for it (or at least if you don't pay for it but
the previous tenants did).
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drew
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response 21 of 64:
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Nov 16 02:08 UTC 1999 |
But if you've never asked for the signal to be sent in the first place?
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tpryan
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response 22 of 64:
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Nov 16 03:41 UTC 1999 |
The Disney channel now offers itself as a 'basic' cable channel
, instead of being a 'premimum' channel.
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gull
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response 23 of 64:
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Nov 16 06:05 UTC 1999 |
Not here, it doesn't.
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jazz
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response 24 of 64:
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Nov 16 15:11 UTC 1999 |
Right, I'm aware that the signal comes down a wire, and that signal
can be shut off at any moment if you don't pay for the service - it's clear
that that's a service the cable company is providing. Now, if you provide
the same service yourself - put up your own dishes and feed it in via coax
to your television, it's not illegal in the slightest. How is the decrypting
service thea they're providing different?
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