Claro TV has just changed the encoding of its HD channels on StarOne C4 for Nagravision 4.
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The move to the latest coding version ends all possible piracy in the world, since that technology and SKY's NDS (which has been around for at least 6 years) has never been broken.
First the HD channels and then the SDs
The intention of the operator is to migrate all its SD channels to the new satellite, which will make them also inaccessible on all pirated TV sets on the market.
The technology has an incredible speed in the exchange of the keys that release the channels. With such speed, it is not possible for cards to be shared over the internet or via satellite without huge crashes, which totally prevents the chances of breaking such encryption.
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Change that also affects IPTV
Currently many pirated Internet TV servers also used the operator's pirated signal to view HD channels in applications such as Kodi or on IPTV-equipped receivers.
With the change, either the pirate servers become the actual subscribers of the operator (which exposes them judicially) or they will have to migrate to another satellite that remains vulnerable, as is the case of Amazonas, used here by some OI TV subscribers And VIVO TV (inheritance of Telefonica Digital).
Is this the end of piracy in Brazil?
It is known that Claro TV is the biggest affected in the country by piracy, thanks to the use of the already lagged Nagra3 that has never been broken, but that can be circumvented by pirates with the use of traditional CS (card sharing or valid card sharing Carrier) or SKS (similar release to CS, but using satellite internet).
Unfortunately the measure obviously does not end piracy in the country, but creates greater difficulties for those involved. Currently, only the HD channels available on the Amazonas satellites still use Nagravision 3. The SD channels of all operators, with the exception of the OI TV in SES-6, remain vulnerable
The measure to end piracy instead is that at some point all operators thanks to the use of new satellites upgrade all the receivers of their clients to models compatible with NDS or N4, thus putting an end to piracy.