No they cannot. It is against FCC laws
Your television does not have a camera built into it. It is not used to watch you (although this was hypothesized as a possible mechanism of surveillance under a totalitarian regime, in the famous novel "1984").
A Cable box and TV are connected together through a RF cable.
The cable box itself would not be an issue. Cable boxes will not work on their own, there must be a live feed of cable for the box to have channels to choose from. If someone is not paying for that cable to be available at that residence but for whatever reason there is a live feed coming through, it would be seen as illegal.
No. Each cable company uses different signal encryption technology.
A cable box is a device attached to a set top box connecting a house to a cable service.
To connect your security cameras to an outside cable box for viewing through your cable outlets, you typically need a video encoder or a compatible network video recorder (NVR) that can convert the camera's video feed into a format suitable for cable transmission. Connect the cameras to the NVR using Ethernet cables, and then link the NVR to the cable box via HDMI or coaxial cable. Ensure that the cable box is configured to recognize the NVR's output as an input source. Finally, use your TV remote to switch to the appropriate channel or input to view the camera feeds.
You unhook the connection from the cable box to the TV and connect it to the VCR input. You purchase a short cable and install it from the VCR output to where the cable was connected to the TV. The TV will get the cable box signal through the VCR with no problem when you are not using the VCR. If the cable box was connected to the surround sound or Home Theater and then the TV then connect the cable box to the VCR and then the surround sound or home theater.
Not if it is THEIR cable box. You pay to use the box. No pay, no box.
Donald Walter Kirk invented the cable box.
You can select the cable length in the option box.
Sometimes a cable box malfunctions because of a power surge that consequently fries the box, unfortunately. Other times the cable box is not compatible with the TV.
According to the clerk at my cable company, this means "burned out box." According to the clerk at my cable company, this means "burned out box."