Wandering Links: Pegasus spies on the powerful
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:10 am
Pegasus – The investigative collective Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International revealed earlier this week the vast directory of telephone numbers spied on by the Pegasus software . Among these gambling data philippines numbers, ministers or heads of state, political figures and their entourage, but also more than 180 journalists from around the world . NSO, the Israeli company behind this software , denies any responsibility for this illegal use of their technology despite the seriousness of the accusations. “This is an industry that should not exist” declared Edward Snowden in reaction to this affair. The identities of all the holders of the spied numbers have not yet been revealed but many services offer to find out if you are one of them (which is unlikely) or to protect yourself against this type of intrusion .
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OTT news: CNN announces the launch of CNN+, its paid streaming platform , for early 2022. The platform will offer both 8 to 12 hours of daily live and on-demand content. It will feature the work of the channel's famous journalists as well as that of hundreds of journalists recruited for the occasion . For Jeff Zucker, the current president of the network, this launch represents "the most important project since Ted Turner" , who founded the channel in 1980. At the same time, The Independent wants to extend the impact of the video content of its "TV Hub" to television with a new OTT offer.
Cookies: CNIL announces new formal notices to “major” players in the digital economy
Online sports betting: the National Gaming Authority wants to combat abuses
Harassment at Ubisoft: Solidaires Informatique union files complaint
Cannes discussed media timeline
3 FIGURES
7 hours – the average daily time spent by Internet users on the web , double the time spent in front of the television.
85% – of Internet users say they play video games
7% – Netflix’s share of TV viewing in the United States
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