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Is PiggyBacking Illegal?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by GeekWannaBe, Mar 7, 2006.

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  1. Mirob TechSpot Paladin Posts: 837

    If I remember right(I was a kid,) in the 70's alot of people had those big satilite dishes and picked up cable TV. The cable tv channels had a problem with that, but the law was made if it's in the air it can be picked up. The cable tv channes started scrambling signals.
    Mirob, Mar 21, 2006
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  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 26, 2006
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  3. Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 10,047   +11

    there was also a case where a man was powering his home through magnetic induction off power lines. He didn't physically hook up power, but he did pick up strong magentic field lines next to the large transmission lines close to his poroperty. Using the faraday effect, he was able to convert the magnatism back into power.
    He lost the suit from the power company who said he was stealing.
    Tedster, Apr 2, 2006
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  4. Jimbo420 Newcomer, in training Posts: 484

    I not sure if that really is stealing if he is just converting the magnetic energy coming off the power lines into something that he could use. But all the same I say hand it to him for putting something like that together and actually getting it to work :).
    Jimbo420, Apr 2, 2006
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