Do digital descramblers/filters really work?
In the sense that legal decrypters, supplied with current encryption keys, are the ways most satellite services protect their paid content technologically, the answer is yes. Although that is backed up by legal protections against piracy, for which protection jail the scrambler technology is really only the doorstep. The basic idea is that the satellite company, or other broadcast signal provider needs to do _something_ to make its signal proprietary, and then, can prosecute anybody who does anything to use that protected signal without authorization. In the sense that you can buy “descramblers” to get those encrypted signals without paying subscriber fees, the answer is maybe. Sometimes. Not always well. Often not at all. It depends entirely on the sophistication of the signals transmitted by the system you are trying to descramble, which can be changed quickly by the service provider on current systems, and improved as necessary, over time, as technology improves. And using such devi
