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on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:53PM
from the streaming-gets-you-sent-up-the-river dept.
from the streaming-gets-you-sent-up-the-river dept.
Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free.
The sale of so-called "fully loaded Kodi boxes" has been called a "top priority" by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
The five traders were arrested in early morning raids.
Fact said it believed the suspects had made in the region of £250,000 selling the devices online.
Kodi is free software built by volunteers to bring videos, music, games and photographs together in one easy-to-use application.
Some shops sell legal set-top boxes and TV sticks, often called Kodi boxes, preloaded with the software.
The latest battle in the Forever War...
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Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by damnbunni on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:40PM
These people are TELLING their customers the product is legal, though.
My aunt fell for this. She bought a Kodi box (at a ridiculous markup) and was told 'the movies are included in the price'.
She refuses to believe the whole thing is shady as fuck because 'well if it was illegal, they wouldn't be able to do it!'
These people aren't selling 'Kodi boxes'. They're selling 'Free TV and movies and sports!' boxes. The fact that it uses Kodi isn't really relevant. They're already set up for illegal crap, they're sold with the intent of doing illegal crap, and the illegal crap they do is their MAIN SELLING POINT.
It's the difference between selling an axe and selling 'Amazing tool opens any door, for free!' that happens to be an axe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 10 2017, @09:21AM
She refuses to believe the whole thing is shady as fuck because 'well if it was illegal, they wouldn't be able to do it!'
Does she happen to work for a certain Danish payment provider?
"Your security is so primitive that anyone can break it. Look, it takes five seconds".
"That attack is not possible".
"How so? I just showed you it works"
"Attacking out service is illegal".