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Janko Roettgers @ The Verge 3 place · today 08:30 EDT

Stealing cable has evolved: the new face of TV piracy

Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles and pies, there's a table piled high with generic-looking streaming boxes, promising free access to NFL games, UFC fights, and any cable […]

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