The evolution of our consumption of media has accelerated in the past five to ten years. With internet streaming websites available to anyone with a connection the movie and television industry has had to make some major changes in their production and distribution models. Not only that, but even the way we consume television from the confines of our homes cable system is currently under fire. Right now people are lashing out at the old paradigm of cable packages and huge monthly fees and they are instead turning to alternative sources. One of those sources is still relatively under the radar but gaining ground every day and it is called cardsharing.

So to understand cardsharing you need to have a short lesson on just how your cable box works. When you hook up a cable box you are essentially allowing your device to communicated via encryption to a set of channels located on another server. The card inside of your cable box, activated by the cable company, gives you clearance to use certain channels and as a result you can watch whatever it is that you've paid for. Now, cardsharing should make a whole lot more sense to you but we'll still dive into it a bit more.

Cardsharing is something that can be done remotely through the connection of the internet. You'll see people offering to share their own cable cards online via these things called cccam server. CCcam servers act as the digital box that you would otherwise need to connect to. Cardsharing itself isn't illegal and was in fact started by hobbyists who wanted to get a taste of the programs offered in other countries. However, if you are sharing cards outside of your cable package then you do run the risk of getting in trouble with your cable company.