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I can verify this. I was at a hotel a couple years ago with the LodgeNet system and like JoeShmoe explained, all the TVs were programmed to show only a certain range of channels and the remote would not let you go any higher. However, one of the TVs in my room could be reprogrammed from the TV itself by using an auto discover feature which would cycle through channels 0-99 and add all the active ones. It added a bunch of new channels where you could see movies other people had ordered, people playing SNES games, and people using the tv based store.
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Netflix is the one with the patent in this case: Method and apparatus for renting items
Your comment broke my sarcasm detector.
I can verify this. I was at a hotel a couple years ago with the LodgeNet system and like JoeShmoe explained, all the TVs were programmed to show only a certain range of channels and the remote would not let you go any higher. However, one of the TVs in my room could be reprogrammed from the TV itself by using an auto discover feature which would cycle through channels 0-99 and add all the active ones. It added a bunch of new channels where you could see movies other people had ordered, people playing SNES games, and people using the tv based store.
The site is owned by AOL, so it has access everyones buddy lists.
CNet is not a rumor site. If they did not have a very creditable source they would not report it.
No, it is real. http://www.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel05/bittorre nt052505.htm
Don't enter sensitive information into a form linked from an email.
This is not a large security hole, its not even a medium sized security hole.
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This is most likely part of Operation Fastlink - "The Largest Global Enforcement Action Ever Undertaken Against Online Piracy," according to the DOJ