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It is not something that I do, and IANAL, but I am rather certain that neither the ownership nor use of such a black box is illegal (in the US). It is the sale of such a device (that has no other purpose than to circumvent satellite encryption) that is illegal. The sale of instructions on how to build such a device is legal.
However, there is a huge difference between between using unsecure wifi or watching over the air TV, and purposefully acting to hack/break/crack a signal that has tried to be secure (whether wifi or TV). The difference between hearing someone's loud music and placing bugs in order to hear their music.
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