Authorities continue to crackdown in a so called war against the use of dodgy boxes.

It’s estimated 400-thousand households have and use a dodgy box to illegally stream things like live sports or movie channels.

Broadcasters such as Sky and Virgin Media have been pushing hard for a penalty point system of fines for repeat offenders.

Adrian Weckler, host of the Big Tech podcast outlines the current difficulties authorities have to crackdown its use: 

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