MyDogHsFleas
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join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Southwest
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Re: hmm
said by N3OGH  :I'm ignorant on the whole subject of STB's with integrated security, and the associated "bannage". The FCC's direction is to separate the application functionality of the STB from the component that secures the communication (i.e. makes sure the user is entitled to receive what they are receiving, and tries to prevent piracy via encryption or other techniques). Their goal is to open up the STB market for third parties, by forcing the providers to sell a separate security device to their customers, and allowing their customers to hook up other STBs to that security device. |
