Does D* have a Piracy problem...

[Skyhi]

...like E* claims to have. If not, why doesn't E* use the same protection system? Is it proprietary?

 

[uncrules]

D* used to due to cards that could be reprogrammed by hackers. However, I don't believe that is a problem anymore for D*.

I believe OJ Simpson got in trouble one time for that.

 

[Skyhi]

I believe OJ Simpson got in trouble one time for that.

Thats right. I remember that......

 

[RVD420]

...like E* claims to have. If not, why doesn't E* use the same protection system? Is it proprietary?

I wouldn't necessarily say the the CAS that D* uses is more secure from a technology standpoint.

But what D* has done is put the fear of God into the people that would have the skills to pull off a hack.

A bit of research will show that when D* was being hacked by every Tom, Dick, and Harry that D* went on a legal parade. Even suing people who bought simple ISO7816 interfaces. The same type of device used to interact with a AmEx Blue card.

Basically it is the fear of the legal sh*t storm that keeps D* from being hacked publicly.

 

[HDRoberts]

Even if they were cracked, Direct isn't stupid enough to blame their problems on hacking anyway.

 

[AdamGott]

Thats right. I remember that......

Is there ANYTHING for which this man has NOT been in trouble? Jeez...

 

[Smith P.]

...like E* claims to have. If not, why doesn't E* use the same protection system? Is it proprietary?

Yes, it was in-house development what kicked off NDS;
Dish tied their hands when created NagraStar LLC with Kudelski. Now they cannot change the 'horse'.