1996-04-01 - Re: [NOISE] Cable-TV-Piracy-Punks

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Randy Catoe <Randy@mci.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-01 08:07:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:07:08 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:07:08 +0800
To: Randy Catoe <Randy@mci.net>
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Cable-TV-Piracy-Punks
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Randy Catoe writes:
> The proof would be in the pudding, would it not? Are their 
> documented cases of smartcard scavenging? 

There are documented cases of similar reverse engineering. I don't
know of any specific cases of smartcard scavenging but its all
essentially the same tools.

Whether it is financially worthwhile to do this is another story.

.pm





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