Talk:VideoGuard

NOT VIDEOGUARD

I removed a huge section on "how DirecTV was hacked", because they were not using VideoGuard at that time, so its completely irrelevant - just as irrelevant as a long section on how VideoCrypt was broken before Sky used NDS. --Kiand 18:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

While that system was not branded as "VideoGuard", it was more or less the same system. The problem was the smart cards were hacked and revealed the secrets. The encryption method used for protecting the broadcast is still fundamentally the same. Technically you're right because they renamed the revised system VideoGuard. I still think the old treatment of how pre-VideoGuard system was broken is relevant. --KJRehberg (talk) 19:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

VideoGuard versus Free-To-View

I started editing this article when I spotted a couple of grammatical mistakes, but ended up changing the paragraph about Channel 4 and Sky Three. The previous version mentioned justifying VideoGuard to protect Ch4 geographically, and suggested that this was using 'a metaphorical sledgehammer to crack a very small nut.' I suppose that's acceptable, if the 'geographical' argument was genuinely that proposed by BSkyB and Channel 4. However, with all four ITV channels (and regional variations) becoming unencrypted in November 2005, I couldn't see how this argument could be sustained by the broadcaster, or how it could be refuted by this article. I'm still unhappy with the edit I've just published, and would welcome a discussion on this page to see how we can improve this point. --die Baumfabrik 03:35, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

outdated link

seems the link isnt up to date anymore. Maybe somebody could update it or just delete it. Laslandes 13:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• Why don't you do it yourself? 195.217.52.130 15:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted the old link and added a link to the NewsDataGroup website page dealing with the Videoguard system. It seems somewhat more relevant than the older link which seemed to be a whitepaper site rather than the actual NDS website.

--Jmccormac 18:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Source for Videoguard reverse engineered solutions

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic277041.html - yes, it's a forum, but I guess it's a bad idea to link to some site with newcs for download. So far I haven't found any news-like site with this information. These solutions do exist but since the're not very official you will usually find them in the darker corners of the internet. If you search some more newssites, there may be something to find about this. W3ird N3rd (talk) 09:27, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

No basis for POV flag

There is no talk entry for the POV flag. What is the dispute?

That tag was added by an anon who spends their time spamming tags onto all kinds of articles. Astronaut (talk) 02:10, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Sky white cards

Dreambox emus can support the new white card so this section should be removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnia786 (talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Sky TV Hacked - news story 11th Feb 2014

"Pirated Sky TV sold for £10 a month" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26052012

How is this possible? What can Sky do about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BWernham (talk • contribs) 08:03, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

There are technological measures that Sky could use but this kind of thing is quite difficult to counter effectively. Jmccormac (talk) 22:26, 11 February 2014 (UTC)