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Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by speedgoose on Thursday June 09, 2022 @07:06AM (#31679755)
It was well known that pirate decoders existed and were available on the black market. I was a child at the time and I knew that some classmates had such things at home.
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Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by jaywalk on Thursday June 09, 2022 @10:44AM (#31681804)
Yep. For premium cable TV channels in the US, the decoders were known as "black boxes" (because they were, literally, black boxes) and everyone knew about them.
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