Unless you're sitting outside typing, no it is not. DBS signals won't even pass through glass.
If that's so, it doesn't matter. DirecTV does not own the fabric of space. If they broadcast a signal, it is public property. Period.
to answer this ...
Unless you're sitting outside typing, no it is not. DBS signals won't even pass through glass.
WRONG AGAIN ... now please tell this 25 year ... advanced degreed electrical engineer ... who has worked with these signal for a multitude of years that I am wrong.
Lastly ... the eeprom that is on the smart card is publically and readily available from Motorola and MANY other smaller companies. Programming it is easy and is done for a million other reasons than DAVE (Digital Audio Video Entertainment). These guys were selling equipment that could be used to decode satellite signals. BUT they could be purchased for other reasons. I happen to work in the industry. what i object to is the passing of BAD LAWS just so some company can make a buck.
What if ABC decided to become "pay per view". Then sent out a letter to all addresses in an area stating that since they are now PPV "Pay Per View" that nho one could watch channel 7 without subscribing. Granted you have equipment that can pickup channel 7 BUT by law you can't turn your dial to channel 7 unless you subscribe. How many people do you think would watch channel 7 anyway. AND would they be thieves. Well decoding satellite signals is as easy for the technically astute as it is for the layman to flip to channel 7.
Lastly is it theft just because a company says so ... is my neighbor stealing my music because he's listening to my very loud stereo at his house. I don't think so ... nor do I believe decoding a signal that is in my house for my own non profit use is theft either.