Tag: cybersecurity

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Discover-Tech’s Suspected Starlink Surveillance Exposes the Cost of Bid Data, Pressuring Streaming Publishers to Restrict Buyers

The Streaming Wars Staff

October 28, 2026

Discover-Tech allegedly used programmatic ad auctions to track Starlink users across more than 100 countries, with its ads also linked to spyware infections. Google and Beeswax have removed the company, raising pressure on streaming publishers to restrict buyer access to…

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From the Archives: The Rise and Fall of Edgio

The Streaming Wars Staff

by The Streaming Wars Staff

January 23, 2025

Our latest From the Archives explores the rise and fall of Edgio, originally founded as Limelight Networks in 2001. The company became a trailblazer in adaptive streaming and edge computing, powering events like the Olympics and the rise of OTT.…

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