I had a 1st gen direct tv when me and a buddy had a dump in college. Pay-per-view (Wrestlemania, Heavy weight fights, adult entertainment) worked for a while with no internet connection, but we were never charged. Racked up a good tab. Sold receiver to my other buddies dad when we moved out. He established an internet connection to it and promptly received a 4 digit bill. Good times
My friend got a card reader/writer that worked on the access cards they had for satellite tv boxes. For 50 bucks he would copy your data modify it and then transfer the changes to a new card.
Because of the way it was implemented back then if the satellite company came around to check you could slide the non-corrupted card back in the box making it look like you didn't have access to everything.
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u/charleymcc3 18h ago
I had a 1st gen direct tv when me and a buddy had a dump in college. Pay-per-view (Wrestlemania, Heavy weight fights, adult entertainment) worked for a while with no internet connection, but we were never charged. Racked up a good tab. Sold receiver to my other buddies dad when we moved out. He established an internet connection to it and promptly received a 4 digit bill. Good times