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Sky Views Personal Data as a Potential Weapon in IPTV Piracy War

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Dissent

Andy Maxwell writes:

Sky’s war on TV piracy has raged for well over thirty years and despite the passing of time, the goal remains the same.

In broad terms, pirates retain their original goals too, but how that can be achieved is always subject to change, largely depending on who has taken the lead in an increasingly complex arms race.

News emerging from Ireland suggests that Sky’s use (or proposed use) of a valuable asset to boost its fight against piracy, has led to a powerful Irish authority “engaging” in the process for quite some time. Only very rarely are the stakes this high.

Read more at TorrentFreak.

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