CARD SHARING
Card sharing which is otherwise termed as Control Word sharing is the process by which a lot of customers or receivers of digital television are let to make use of a pledged contribution network of television whilst having just one subscription card. The operation of the protection of limited usage smart card technology is always done and taken care by DVB standard’s security. Deciphering an Entitlement Control Message is generally done by smart cards that help in seeing the scrambled or disorganized material by providing the control word. When the sharing of card is done, there is bypassing of its security features which is then stopped by software that helps in sharing the deciphered control word throughout the network.
