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Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel claims that during an operation last week, it successfully blocked around 80% of pirate 'TV boxes' in the country. Estimates from early 2023 suggest that seven million were active in Brazil. The operation, claimed to be the most significant ever carried out, arrives just weeks after Google & Cisco were criticized for "turning a blind eye" to the IPTV piracy problem.

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As if 80% of the users would do that. The reality in Brazil might not be what you think, those people aren't' tech savvy people, not even close. They're most likely people who bought a box from someone selling them door-to-door that was it.

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

generally speaking people who buy preconfigured IPTV systems aren't able to do it themselves, hence paying money for someone else to do it.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough. Maybe some slightly more tech savvy Brazilians are reading this right now though lol

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but those will get pirated content either way. The problem is the 80% that won't be able to do it as just trash the boxes.